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Bereavement Support Payment

Asked by Chris BlooreLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 3870

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount payable was to people in receipt of the Bereavement Support Payment.

Answered by Andrew Western

The total expenditure of Bereavement Support Payment from April 2017 to March 2023 was £1.2 billion. Figures for the 2023/24 financial year are still being finalised so are not included in this expenditure total.

Note: figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000 and are taken from the Department for Work and Pensions Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024.

Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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