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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