Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is tacking to tackle funeral poverty in the UK.

This department supports people with help on funeral expenses through the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme, which provides help towards the cost of a simple funeral for people claiming eligible benefits.

We are considering the recent Work and Pensions Select Committee report on support for the bereaved and will respond in due course.