Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 72452
Funeral Payments
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Ayoub Khan
Independent — Birmingham Perry Barr
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Funeral Expenses Payment's eligibility criteria on the finances of local authorities.
Answer
Torsten BellThe long standing state position is that individuals should look to make financial provision for their own funeral, and that where this has not happened family or friends who can take part or all of the responsibility for the cost of funeral arrangements ...
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