Funeral Payments

(asked on 3rd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for funeral expenses payment were (a) made and (b) successful in each month since March 2019.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 8th March 2021

The number of Funeral Expenses Payment (FEP) applications received, and awards, for each month since March 2019 is provided in the table below.

FEP devolved to Scotland on 16 September 2019. From this date FEP is only awarded in England and Wales. Therefore, the figures report on Great Britain up to 16 September 2019, and on England and Wales from that date onwards.

Number of Funeral Expenses Payments applications received, and awards, 1 March 2019 to 31 January 2021

Month

Number of Applications Received

Number of Awards

March 2019

3,620

2,510

April 2019

3,410

2,090

May 2019

3,730

2,080

June 2019

2,730

1,790

July 2019

3,020

1,790

August 2019

2,960

1,910

September 2019

2,710

1,860

October 2019

3,300

2,480

November 2019

3,000

2,550

December 2019

2,580

1,510

January 2020

2,730

1,270

February 2020

3,910

1,270

March 2020

3,660

1,330

April 2020

2,790

2,920

May 2020

5,880

4,420

June 2020

4,760

4,480

July 2020

3,850

3,090

August 2020

3,100

2,040

September 2020

3,520

2,360

October 2020

3,450

2,220

November 2020

3,600

2,370

December 2020

3,060

1,830

January 2021

3,890

2,050

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