Question follow-through · 3869

Bereavement Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have received the Bereavement Support Payment since April 2017.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
4 Sept 2024
Answer
10 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have received the Bereavement Support Payment since April 2017.

  2. 4 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Statistics for Bereavement Support Payment, including claims allowed each month from April 2017 to March 2024, are published on Stat-Xplore in the Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) Claims Received dataset. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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