Welfare Benefits Case-Worker, Maidstone Citizens Advice, Kent Member since 02nd Nov 2004
funeral payments and h.b ... Thu 17-Apr-08 12:20 PM
... probably seems like a silly q. for a cls benefit adviser but can a person receive a funeral payment from the social fund if they only receive housing and council tax benefit ?
welfare rights adviser, sefton metropolitan borough council, liverpool. Member since 22nd Jan 2004
RE: funeral payments and h.b ... Thu 17-Apr-08 12:49 PM
Reg 7(4) of The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 lists the qualifying benefits and the inclusion of the word “or” between the final two means that the claimant only has to be in receipt of one of them.