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1198552

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Funeral Expenses Payments there have been in each of the last 10 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	51936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The number of Funeral Expenses payment claims in England and Wales is provided in the table below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of Funeral Expenses Payments claims received, w/c 23/03/20 to w/c 25/05/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Week Commencing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23/03/2020</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/03/2020</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/04/2020</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/04/2020</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/04/2020</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27/04/2020</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/05/2020</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/05/2020</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/05/2020</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25/05/2020</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The number of claims have been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>The information provided is Management Information. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official / National statistics.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/06/2020 15:58:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1198555

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claims for funeral expenses payments were awarded payments in each of the last 10 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	51937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Funeral Expenses Payments make an important contribution towards the costs of a funeral for claimants on certain benefits or tax credits or a Support for Mortgage Interest loan and we have continued to make these payments throughout the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>However, the data requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/06/2020 13:18:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1198556

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average payment and (b) total value of payments awarded to successful Funeral Expenses Payment claimants were in each of the last 10 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	51938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Funeral Expenses Payments make an important contribution towards the costs of a funeral for claimants on certain benefits or tax credits or a Support for Mortgage Interest loan and we have continued to make these payments throughout the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>However, the data requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/06/2020 13:27:57 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1198557

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to amend the eligibility criteria for Funeral Expenses Payment claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	51939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to amend the eligibility criteria for the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme, which is for those in receipt of qualifying means-tested benefits or tax credits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/06/2020 13:32:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1247044

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect the 2018 reforms to the Social Fund’s funeral expenses payments scheme have had on the processing times for payments under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	109490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Amendment Regulations came into force in spring 2018. Whilst data is not collated on the specific effects of these reforms, data on processing times and the number of claims accepted can be found in The Social Fund Annual Report 2018/19 which was published on GOV.UK on 4 November 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 109491 question first answered 06/11/2020 11:49:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1247046

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect the 2018 reforms to the Social Fund’s funeral expenses payments scheme have had on the number of claims (a) accepted and (b) rejected under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	109491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Amendment Regulations came into force in spring 2018. Whilst data is not collated on the specific effects of these reforms, data on processing times and the number of claims accepted can be found in The Social Fund Annual Report 2018/19 which was published on GOV.UK on 4 November 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 109490 question first answered 06/11/2020 11:49:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1247048

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the 2018 reforms to the Social Fund’s funeral expenses payments scheme, whether the changes to enable claimants to submit evidence electronically have been implemented in full.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	109492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>Regulation 2 of The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Amendment Regulations 2018 allows for the electronic submission of evidence in connection with claims for social fund funeral payments. As a result, Funeral Directors are able to submit evidence electronically to support a claim for Funeral Expense Payments, and we continue to work on identifying a secure digital solution to extend this option to applicants.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/11/2020 11:53:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1247065

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many funeral expenses payments claims took longer than six weeks to clear in (a) 2019-20 and (b) the first six months of 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	109502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/11/2020 12:00:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris