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511483

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	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 steps his Department is tacking to tackle funeral poverty in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	33700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>This department supports people with help on funeral expenses through the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme, which provides help towards the cost of a simple funeral for people claiming eligible benefits.</p><p>We are considering the recent Work and Pensions Select Committee report on support for the bereaved and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/04/2016 16:23:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

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	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33700, what steps his Department is taking to monitor levels of funeral poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	35294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that some families on low incomes can struggle to meet the costs of a funeral, this is why the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments covers specified necessary costs and provides a significant contribution of up to £700 towards the fee levied by funeral directors for all other funeral expenses.</p><p>My Department continues to look at the effectiveness of the scheme so that it provides effective support and will keep on monitoring its effectiveness and liaising with stakeholders and interested groups so that it maintains its aim of providing a contribution towards the cost of a funeral.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 16:34:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith