PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Funeral Payments (1 June 2020)
Question Asked
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.
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Answer
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.
However, the data requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
10 June 2020
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