PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Funeral Payments (3 February 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for social fund funeral expenses payments her Department has received since April 2020.

Asked by:
Fleur Anderson (Labour)

Answer

In the period 1 April 2020 to 31 December 2020, there were approximately 34,000 applications received for Funeral Expenses Payments, in England and Wales.

This figure is drawn from the Social Fund Policy, Budget, and Management Information System. It is not quality assured to the same extent as Official / National statistics.


Answered by:
Guy Opperman (Conservative)
10 February 2021

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