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1198552

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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