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222662

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 estimate his Department has made of the cost of increasing the other funeral expenses category of the social fund funeral payments scheme in line with inflation since the level was set at £700 in 2003.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>There has been no estimate as we do not know what people would have claimed if the limit was higher. However, it is vital that the Government ensures that any scheme funded by the taxpayer is managed properly and the money spent wisely. The funding offered from both Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments and Budgeting Loans continues support towards the cost of a funeral, including necessary costs in full, whilst maintaining a fiscally viable fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/02/2015 14:30:37 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

176596

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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 people have received funeral payments in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Enfield in each of the last 10 years; how much those payments amount to; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Love
uin	222358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Tables 1 and 2 show the number of Funeral Payment awards and expenditure amount in England, London and North and North East London Budget Area between 2004/05 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not hold information about the number of people receiving Funeral Payment awards in a given time period. The number of awards made in each year is not equal to the number of people who received awards as an individual may have made multiple applications in that period.</p><p> </p><p>The lowest geographical level at which we hold Funeral Payment data is by Social Fund Budget Area; the geographical areas used to administer the Social Fund in Great Britain. Since 2008/09, the Budget Area covering Enfield is North and North East London, which also covers Waltham Forest and Barking and Dagenham as well as parts of Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Islington and Redbridge. Earlier figures for this area are not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Funeral Payment awards in </strong><strong>England</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>London</strong><strong> and North and North </strong><strong>East London</strong><strong>, 2004/05 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North and North<br> </strong><strong>East London</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004/05</strong></p></td><td><p>34,700</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p>33,400</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>32,700</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>31,300</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>32,500</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>31,200</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>30,500</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>26,600</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 2: Funeral Payment expenditure in </strong><strong>England</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>London</strong><strong> and North and North </strong><strong>East London</strong><strong>, 2004/05 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>North and North<br> </strong><strong>East London</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004/05</strong></p></td><td><p>£36,925,100</p></td><td><p>£5,961,200</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p>£36,643,600</p></td><td><p>£5,819,400</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>£37,148,000</p></td><td><p>£5,814,900</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>£36,987,600</p></td><td><p>£5,959,300</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>£39,495,800</p></td><td><p>£6,511,000</p></td><td><p>£1,260,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>£38,410,300</p></td><td><p>£6,769,600</p></td><td><p>£1,274,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£37,445,800</p></td><td><p>£5,879,700</p></td><td><p>£1,294,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£37,723,000</p></td><td><p>£6,226,400</p></td><td><p>£1,347,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£34,617,200</p></td><td><p>£5,590,100</p></td><td><p>£1,390,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£36,185,500</p></td><td><p>£5,979,600</p></td><td><p>£1,429,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DWP Policy, Budget and Management Information System</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>· These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p>· All figures are rounded to the nearest £100.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 04/02/2015 11:49:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	164 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Love

173486

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 2 December 2014 to Question 216270, whether the average payment made by the Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme is intended to cover the whole cost of a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral; by what methodology he has assessed the total cost of such a funeral; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	220516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment has from its creation, as the claim form and guidance makes clear, provided help towards the cost of funerals for eligible claimants. This includes those necessary costs of burial or cremation, which will be met in full and a significant contribution of up to £700 towards other costs.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/01/2015 12:14:04 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

171916

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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, for what reason the amount granted in Social Fund funeral payments has not risen for more than 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	219706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are conscious of the rise in burial and cremation fees. That is why the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment covers specified necessary costs. As these have increased in time, so has that portion of the overall Social Fund Funeral Payment. As such, the Government has protected these payments. The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide help towards a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral and the average funeral expenses payment in 2002/03 was £929 rising in 2013/14 to £1,347.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government has also extended the Social Fund Budgeting Loans scheme so that these are also available to those on income related benefits to help towards the costs relating to funeral expenses.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/01/2015 12:32:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff