Bereavement Support Payment
(asked on 2nd September 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
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.
This question was answered on 10th September 2024
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)