Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2019/20 Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2019/20 Presented to Parliament pursuant to section 167(6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 June 2021 © Crown copyright 2021 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/official-documents Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Poverty, Families & Disadvantage Directorate Caxton House 6-12 Tothill Street London SW1H 9NA e-mail:
[email protected] ISBN 978-1-5286-2204-2 ID CCS0920222848 06/21 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum Printed in the UK by the APS Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2019-20 Contents Section 1 Introduction 7 Source of data for this report 7 Section 2 The Regulated Social Fund 8 Sure Start Maternity Grants 8 Funeral Expenses Payments 8 Cold Weather Payments 9 Winter Fuel Payments 11 Children’s Funeral Fund for England 11 Section 3 The Discretionary Social Fund 12 Budgeting Loans 12 Section 4 General administration