Question follow-through · 106647
Bereavement Support Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Bereavement Support Payment for non-married widows and widowers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Bereavement Support Payment for non-married widows and widowers.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
Bereavement Support Payment is currently available to those who are married, in a cohabiting relationship with dependent children, or in a civil partnership. A marriage or civil partnership is a legal contract associated with certain rights, including ent...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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