Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 60667

Bereavement: Damages

Tabled: 17 June 2025

Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to review the system for bereavement damages.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

The Government is working to deliver a major series of reforms to the civil justice system and while the issue of bereavement damages is being kept under review, there are no immediate plans to undertake a formal review of this issue.