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<p>We make low-cost funeral expense payments to people who receive (or whose partners
receive) a qualifying benefit or Tax Credit. These are recoverable from the estate
of the deceased, where possible, but we write most of them off as often there aren’t
enough assets in the estate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Debt Management can also
recover any Funeral Expenses Payments that were paid incorrectly; e.g. where a payment
was made as a result of a qualifying benefit being claimed incorrectly either as a
result of claimant error or fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst DWP does hold data regarding
this type of overpayment the numbers are low, less than 15 in total for the period
requested.</p>
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