Question follow-through · 104042
Bereavement Support Payment: Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to coroner proceedings in excess of 18 months on eligibility for Bereavement Support Payments.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to coroner proceedings in excess of 18 months on eligibility for Bereavement Support Payments.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2026
Answer published
Delays to coroner proceedings do not change eligibility for Bereavement Support Payment. DWP encourages those who are eligible for Bereavement Support Payment to make a claim even if they do not yet have a death certificate. DWP will work with the custome...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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