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Bereavement Support Payment: Uprating

Asked by Peter SwallowLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 23709

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of uprating bereavement support payments in line with inflation.

Answered by Department for Work and Pensions

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Transformation on 13 March 2026 to Question UIN 117672.

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