Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 72452

Funeral Payments

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Ayoub Khan

IndependentBirmingham 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 Bell
The 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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