Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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

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

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/