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865113

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of the cap on Social Fund Funeral Payments to cover the basic cost of a funeral.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	132980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments continue to meet the necessary costs of a cremation or burial for eligible claimants. Average payments have increased year-on-year to meet these necessary costs. We have had to make difficult choices about welfare spending and it has not been possible to increase the £700 maximum for other costs. However we have made interest-free Social Fund Budgeting Loans available for funeral costs in addition to Funeral Expenses Payments.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17, approximately 27,000 Funeral Expenses Payments were paid worth around £38.6 million. The average payment made has increased in value in the past ten years by about 28 per cent – from £1,117 in 2006/07 to £1,427 in 2016/17 – as the necessary costs have increased.</p><p> </p><p>The Funeral Expenses Payments scheme continues to make a significant contribution towards the cost of a simple funeral for claimants on certain income based benefits or tax credits.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/03/2018 10:55:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

780636

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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 much funding was allocated from the public purse for social fund funeral payments in 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Receipts and Payments relating to Funeral Expenses Payments are published in the Social Fund Account. The link to the Social Fund Account for 2016-17 is given below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626607/social-fund-account-2016-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626607/social-fund-account-2016-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17 across Great Britain £38,595,000 was paid out in Funeral Expenses Payments and repayments totalled £96,000.These figures are given on page 11 of the Social Fund Account 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/11/2017 14:01:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

576525

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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 the total expenditure from the public purse was for the social fund funeral payments scheme in 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	44897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>During 2015-16 in Scotland there were around 5500 applications for Funeral Expenses Payments and around 3700 awards granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015-16 across Great Britain £40,025,000 was paid out in Funeral Expenses Payments and repayments totalled £183,000. These figures are given on page 12 of the Social Fund Account 2015-16 (linked to below)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535981/social-fund-account-2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535981/social-fund-account-2015-16.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 44895 question first answered 08/09/2016 11:23:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens