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Bereavement Support Payment

Asked by Chris BlooreLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 3869

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have received the Bereavement Support Payment since April 2017.

Answered by Andrew Western

Statistics for Bereavement Support Payment, including claims allowed each month from April 2017 to March 2024, are published on Stat-Xplore in the Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) Claims Received dataset.

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