Funeral Payments

(asked on 3rd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Fund Budgeting loans to cover funeral costs were (a) approved and (b) rejected in each of the last five years; and what the (a) average and (b) lowest payment was for a Social Fund Budgeting loans.


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Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 14th May 2018

Data on Social Fund Budgeting Loans, where the loan is used to cover funeral costs, is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The average Social Fund Budgeting Loan payment in each of the last 5 years is provided in table 1. These relate to all Budgeting Loans and not just those used to cover funeral costs.

Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.

Table 1: Average Budgeting Loan payments, 2013-2017

Year

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Average Budgeting Loan payment

£400

£410

£420

£430

£420

Source: Policy, Budget and Management Information System

In each of the last 5 years, the lowest payment made for a Social Fund Budgeting Loan is £100. This is the minimum amount that can be applied for.

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