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Written Question
Bereavement Benefits
Monday 13th March 2017

Asked by: Michelle Thomson (Independent - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have claimed widowed parent's allowance and bereavement allowance in the last five years would have received less money under the new bereavement support payment scheme.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Bereavement Benefits: Parents
Monday 6th March 2017

Asked by: Michelle Thomson (Independent - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people who will be affected by proposed changes to support for bereaved parents.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Bereavement Support Payment will be introduced from 6 April 2017 for new claimants only. Existing claimants of Widowed Parent's Allowance and Bereavement Allowance will remain on those benefits. We estimate that approximately 8,500 parents will claim Bereavement Support Payment in 2017/18.