Dec. 19 2023
Source Page: Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023Found: Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
Dec. 04 2023
Source Page: Social Fund account 2022 to 2023Found: Funeral Expenses Payments Funeral Expenses Payments are available to help with the cost of a funeral
Correspondence Jun. 22 2023
Committee: Social Justice and Social Security CommitteeFound: Funeral Support Payments Letter from Jeremy Balfour MSP, 22 June 2023
Dec. 19 2023
Source Page: Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023Found: Funeral Support Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2023
Found: Contents Social Security Scotland benefit rates 2024-25 _______________________________ 3 Five Family Payments
Jan. 29 2024
Source Page: Devolved Social Security assistance: up-rating for inflation in 2024-2025Found: Funeral expense assistance (Funeral Support Payment) 8. Housing assistance 9.
Feb. 06 2024
Source Page: The Death of a Looked After ChildFound: , they have responsibility for all the funeral arrangements unless they delegate that to the local
Dec. 07 2023
Source Page: The Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023: equality impact assessmentFound: The payments are delivered via a pre-paid card.These regulations will introduce a number of changes which
Asked by: Julian Sturdy (Conservative - York Outer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing discretionary payments for bereavement support.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
No assessment has been made, however, the Department already has a wide range of financial support available to those affected by bereavement.
Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) is a contributory benefit intended to help working age people with the immediate costs of bereavement. BSP is payable to the surviving spouse, cohabiting partner (with dependent children), or civil partner of the deceased. Funeral Expenses Payments contribute towards the cost of a funeral arranged by someone in receipt of income-related benefits, and Budgeting Loans and Budgeting Advances are interest-free loans available to claimants of income-related benefits. Further support for day to day living expenses is available via Universal Credit.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Any income payments from a pension fund or annuity payments will be taken into account as unearned