Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has he made with respect to paragraph 18 of the Second Special Report of Session 2016-17 of the Work and Pensions Committee, Support for the bereaved: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2015-16, HC230.
We continue to liaise with the Scottish Government on its plans to introduce its own funeral expenses assistance scheme in summer 2019.