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Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review: Additional Consultation 2023
1 speech (535 words) Tuesday 18th July 2023 - Written Statements Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) injured, providing awards for physical and mental injury, as well as loss of earnings, bereavement and funeral - Link to Speech |
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Social Security Benefits
Asked by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 8th June 2023 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average amount paid to individuals for each passported benefit, including (1) funeral payments, and (2) maternity grants. Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) There are many passported benefits, for example free prescriptions and free school meals. The information provided relates solely to Funeral Expenses Payments and Sure Start Maternity Grant.
Funeral Expenses Payment (FEP) provides help towards the cost of a funeral. To be eligible for FEP, you (or your partner) must get one or more of the following benefits: Universal Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, the disability or severe disability element of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. You might also be eligible if you’re getting a Support for Mortgage Interest loan. This is in addition to other eligibility criteria which is available here: Get help with funeral costs (Funeral Expenses Payment): Eligibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Sure Start Maternity Grant (SSMG) is payment of £500 to provide help with the costs of a new baby (or babies in the event of a multiple birth) if there are no other children under 16 in the claimant’s family. To be eligible for SSMG, you (or your partner) must get one of these benefits: Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credit, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit that includes a disability or severe disability element or Universal Credit. You may also qualify if you’re getting a Support of Mortgage Interest Loan. This is in addition to other eligibility criteria which is available here: Sure Start Maternity Grant: Eligibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The table below provides information of the average award for both FEP and SSMG. Information on average awards along with other data such as number of awards can be found in Annex 1 of the Annual Social Fund Reports which can be found here: Social Fund accounts and reports - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The 2021/22 Social Fund Report is due to be published in the near future and thus the data below goes up to 2020/21.
Table 1: Average award for Funeral Expenses Payments and Sure Start Maternity Grant
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National Audit Office |
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Jul. 06 2023
Annual report and accounts (PDF) Found: Revenue and Customs.225 229 520 428 Social Fund Recovery of Crisis and Budgeting Loans, including Funeral |
Department Publications - Transparency |
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Monday 4th December 2023
Department for Work and Pensions Source Page: Social Fund account 2022 to 2023 Document: Social Fund Account 2022 to 2023 (PDF) Found: budgeting-help-benefits/eligibility 2 https://www.gov.uk/sure-start-maternity-grant/eligibility 3 https://www.gov.uk/funeral-payments |
Thursday 3rd August 2023
Northern Ireland Office Source Page: Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 Document: Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (PDF) Found: Fund Fraud and Error Proxies (Benefit Review) Social Fund expenditure encompasses Budgeting Loans, Funeral |
Thursday 6th July 2023
Department for Work and Pensions Source Page: DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Document: DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (print-ready PDF) (PDF) Found: Revenue and Customs.225 229 520 428 Social Fund Recovery of Crisis and Budgeting Loans, including Funeral |
Thursday 6th July 2023
Department for Work and Pensions Source Page: DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Document: DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (web-ready PDF) (PDF) Found: Revenue and Customs.225 229 520 428 Social Fund Recovery of Crisis and Budgeting Loans, including Funeral |
Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe) |
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Social Security (Scotland) Bill
Thursday 31st August 2017 This Scottish Government bill sets out the framework of a new Scottish social security system, and the principles that will underpin it. This will be used to deliver the social security benefits devolved by the Scotland Act 2016, once a new social security agency has been set up. The bill also provides a legislative platform for discretionary housing payments, which are already View source webpage Found: completely replace the current reserved benefits before April 2020 (which it plans to do in the case of funeral |