Question follow-through · 110163
Bereavement Benefits: Cohabitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bereavement payments not being payable to cohabiting partners.
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
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bereavement payments not being payable to cohabiting partners.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 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.
Later records
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