Question follow-through · 28314
Bereavement Support Payment: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Autumn Budget regarding funding to uprate the value of Bereavement Support Payment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Autumn Budget regarding funding to uprate the value of Bereavement Support Payment.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
Bereavement Support Payment is reviewed on a discretionary basis as part of the annual benefits uprating process. Any decisions on uprating are considered alongside wider fiscal and welfare measures as part of the Autumn Budget process.
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
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