Question follow-through · 22839
Bereavement Support Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the time frame in which bereavement support can be claimed.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the time frame in which bereavement support can be claimed.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) helps people with short-term bereavement costs, by way of a lump sum followed by up to 18 monthly instalments. The lump sum has a 12 -month, and each instalment a 3- month, time limit for claiming. A person would need to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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