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Bereavement Support Payment

Asked by Ruth CadburyLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 September 2024UIN 2922

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were denied Bereavement Support Payments in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.

Answered by Andrew Western

Table 1: Number of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) claims disallowed during 2023 and 2024

2023

2024

Number of claims disallowed

6240

2300

Notes

- Figures for 2023 covers the period of January 2023 to December 2023

- Figures for 2024 only covers the period of January 2024 to March 2024

- The number of claims disallowed have been rounded to the nearest 10

Source: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

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