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Bereavement Support Payment

Commons · Question 29657 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

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Asked by Carla Denyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate Bereavement Support Payments annually in line with inflation.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 14 Feb 2025

Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement. It is not a cost-of-living benefit like Universal Credit, which is generally increased in line with inflation. The rate of Bereavement Support Pay...