| Heading: |
Bereavement Support Payment |
| Question ID: |
1746306 |
| UIN: |
17417 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5270 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Darren Paffey
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| Asking Member handle: |
darrenpaffey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpaffey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the maximum number of months for which the Bereavement Support Payment can be paid beyond the existing cap of 18 monthly payments. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) helps people through the immediate period following a bereavement by way of an initial lump sum followed by up to 18 monthly instalments. Where longer-term financial support is needed, benefits such as Universal Credit ha... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |