Bereavement Support Payment
Commons · Question 2923 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were denied Bereavement Support Payments in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023 due to their deceased partner not having made the necessary national insurance contributions.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 5 Sep 2024
Table 1: Number of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) claims disallowed due to the deceased partner having insufficient National Insurance Contributions during 2023 and 2024 20232024Number of claims disallowed 1660530 Notes- Figures for 2023 covers the pe...