Funeral Payments
(asked on 3rd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will review the rate for Social Fund funeral expenses payments.
This question was answered on 8th July 2014
There are no current plans to review the rate of funeral payments. However, for those who are eligible to be considered for a budgeting loan payment, the scope of this scheme has now been expanded to include funeral costs.