Bereavement Support Payment: Cohabitation

(asked on 7th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the High Court judgment in R (Jackson and Simpson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWHC 183 on 7 February 2020, when they intend to lay the Remedial Order to remove the incompatibilities from the legislation governing Bereavement Support Payment by extending that benefit to cohabitees with children.


This question was answered on 12th January 2021

We intend to take forward a Remedial Order to extend eligibility for Bereavement Support Payment to cohabitees with children.

We are currently considering the detail and implementation of the policy and will update the House once we have a confirmed laying date.

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