Corporate report

Social Fund account 2015 to 2016

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Part of: Welfare reform
• Published: 7 July 2016

This document provides a statement of accounts for the Social Fund for the financial year 2015 to 2016.

Documents

Social Fund account 2015-16

Ref: ISBN 9781910305577, HC 515 2016-17 PDF, 140KB, 26 pages

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DWP is required to present financial accounts about the Social Fund to Parliament every year.

The Social Fund scheme includes:

• help towards maternity expenses
• help towards funeral expenses
• Cold Weather Payments
• Winter Fuel Payments
• Budgeting Loans

We have also published an annual report about how the Social Fund operates for the financial year 2015 to 2016.

Document information

Published: 7 July 2016

From: Department for Work and Pensions

Part of: Welfare reform