Help with Costs

Social fund funeral payments

Under certain circumstances you may be eligible for a contribution towards funeral expenses from the Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) Social Fund. This will generally apply should there be insufficient funds and you or your partner are/were in receipt of a benefit.

For a claim to be processed, a SF200 ‘Funeral Payments from the Social Fund’ form will need to be completed by the claimant and sent, together with a copy of the funeral account, to the nearest Job centre Plus within three months of the funeral taking place.

Benefits and tax credits

You may be eligible for a Funeral Payment from the Social Fund if you or your partner are receiving any of the following benefits or tax credits:

Income Support
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Pension Credit
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit (or the Council Tax payer where you live gets a Second Adult Rebate because you are on a low income)
Working Tax Credit which includes a disability or severe disability element
Child Tax Credit at a rate higher than the family element

The term ‘partner’ is used here to mean: A person you are married to or person you live with as if you are married to them, a civil partner, or person you live with as if you are civil partners

For more information please visit the DWP website.

When completed form SF200 and funeral invoice can be sent to
Freepost
DWP
Funeral Payments

Tel no 08007310469

To download and print off a Form for help you will need SF200 click here