Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 29657

Bereavement Support Payment

Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

Carla Denyer

Green PartyBristol Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate Bereavement Support Payments annually in line with inflation.

Answer

Andrew Western
Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement. It is not a cost-of-living benefit like Universal Credit, which is generally increased in line with inflation. The rate of Bereavement Support Pay...

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