Chris Stephens – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure from the public purse was for the social fund funeral payments scheme in 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
Caroline Nokes
During 2015-16 in Scotland there were around 5500 applications for Funeral Expenses Payments and around 3700 awards granted.
In 2015-16 across Great Britain £40,025,000 was paid out in Funeral Expenses Payments and repayments totalled £183,000. These figures are given on page 12 of the Social Fund Account 2015-16 (linked to below)
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