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1002466

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families which children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, received bereavement benefit payments in the tax years (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11306 HL11308 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002467

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, they estimate will receive bereavement benefit payments in the tax years (1) 2018–19, (2) 2019–20, (3) 2020–21, and (4) 2021–22.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11306 HL11307 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064176

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children were receiving Bereavement Benefit or Bereavement Support Payments in (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17, and (3) 2017–18; and how many such families are estimated to receive payments in (a) 2018–19, and (b) 2019–20.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The latest available information is given below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Widowed Parents Allowance recipients with dependants by Quarter, Feb 15 to Aug 18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>WPA with dependants</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-15</strong></p></td><td><p>44,949</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-15</strong></p></td><td><p>45,589</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-15</strong></p></td><td><p>43,667</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-15</strong></p></td><td><p>43,206</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-16</strong></p></td><td><p>44,350</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-16</strong></p></td><td><p>45,411</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-16</strong></p></td><td><p>44,767</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p>42,554</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td><p>43,884</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td><p>44,138</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td><p>39,164</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p>38,751</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>38,158</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34,254</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Department for Work and Pensions</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ol><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.</li><li><strong>Widowed Parents Allowance</strong>: Weekly benefit payable to widowed parents. A widow/widower may be entitled to this if his/her late spouse/civil partner had paid enough NIC and the widow/widower is receiving Child Benefit or can be treated as entitled to Child Benefit,or the late spouse/civil partner was receiving child benefit, or expecting her husband's/civil partner's baby (pregnant from fertility treatment).</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Bereavement Support Payment claims in payment by rate of BSP and month, April 2017 to September 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Rate of BSP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>Standard Rate</p></td><td><p>Higher Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td><p>2,240</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td><p>5,120</p></td><td><p>4,210</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-17</strong></p></td><td><p>7,850</p></td><td><p>6,470</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-17</strong></p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>1,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td><p>13,500</p></td><td><p>11,120</p></td><td><p>2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-17</strong></p></td><td><p>16,270</p></td><td><p>13,430</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-17</strong></p></td><td><p>19,270</p></td><td><p>15,940</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td><p>22,250</p></td><td><p>18,450</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-17</strong></p></td><td><p>25,440</p></td><td><p>21,160</p></td><td><p>4,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-18</strong></p></td><td><p>28,870</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>4,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-18</strong></p></td><td><p>31,860</p></td><td><p>26,520</p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p>34,970</p></td><td><p>29,120</p></td><td><p>5,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p>37,940</p></td><td><p>31,650</p></td><td><p>6,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-18</strong></p></td><td><p>40,960</p></td><td><p>34,030</p></td><td><p>6,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p>43,860</p></td><td><p>36,410</p></td><td><p>7,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-18</strong></p></td><td><p>46,870</p></td><td><p>38,900</p></td><td><p>7,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-18</strong></p></td><td><p>49,870</p></td><td><p>41,390</p></td><td><p>8,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p>52,730</p></td><td><p>43,740</p></td><td><p>8,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Clerical administrative data</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li><strong>Rate of BSP:</strong> There are two rates at which BSP can be paid: higher or standard. Claimants who are entitled to Child Benefit or who were pregnant when their husband, wife or civil partner died will get the higher rate. All other claimants will get the standard rate.</li><li><strong>Month:</strong> These figures represent the situation at a specific point in time, which is on the last day of the reporting month. Monthly claims in payment figures include backdated payments.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Forecasted figures broken down to the level requested are not readily available, and to provide them would incur disproportionate costs. However, the figures available at a broader level are presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Caseload information by Bereavement benefits</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement related benefits caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 Forecast (in thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20 Forecast (in thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement Allowance (previously widow's Pension)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement Support Payment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which higher rate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which lower rate</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bereavement benefits &amp; Widow's benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Caseload figures represent an average over the full financial year; caseloads for benefits which commenced or ended during a financial year still reflect an average over the full year.</li><li>Numbers for the years 2018/19 and 2019/20 are forecasts, and as such are liable to change.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.</li><li>‘-‘ Denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>‘.’ Denotes not available.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 27/02/2019 15:32:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1238683

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where there is a publicly available list of state benefits and other financial support available to bereaved families.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL8607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The ‘What to do when someone dies’ section of the GOV.UK website provides a step-by-step interactive website guide on what to do after a death, including how to manage financial issues. This guide covers the financial support available to help with paying for a funeral and how to check entitlement to bereavement benefits. The guide also contains a link to benefits calculators to work out entitlement to other state benefits based on individual household circumstances.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 05/10/2020 15:28:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

922965

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid in Bereavement Benefits in (1) 2013–2014, (2) 2014–2015, (3) 2015–2016, and (4) 2016–2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL8538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables are published by the department after each fiscal event and contain outturn and forecast expenditure for all Bereavement Related Benefits including Widow’s Pension (WP), Widowed Mother’s Allowance (WMA), Bereavement Allowance (BA), Widowed Parent’s Allowance (WPA) and Bereavement Support Payment (BSP). Table 1 shows expenditure on Bereavement Related Benefits for the requested years from the latest release of these tables published after Spring Statement 2018. Table 2 shows forecast expenditure on Bereavement Support Payments, also from the same source.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Outturn Expenditure, £m 2018/19 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Related Benefits</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>576</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Forecast Expenditure, £m, 2018/19 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Support Payment</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department publishes caseload information on Bereavement Benefits and Widow’s Benefits recipients on on-line via Stat Xplore. These can be broken down by benefit type to show which claims have dependent children. Table 3 below shows caseload data from November of the requested years from Stat Xplore. The caseload is the number of claims in payment during the month in question.</p><p> </p><p>Table 3: Caseload</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Caseload</p></td><td><p>WMA or WPA with dependent children</p></td><td><p>46,300</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td><td><p>44,200</p></td><td><p>43,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WP, BA or WMA/WPA without dependent children</p></td><td><p>50,100</p></td><td><p>47,700</p></td><td><p>46,200</p></td><td><p>45,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecast volume of claimants for Bereavement Support Payment, broken down by whether the claim is Standard Rate or Higher Rate is shown in Table 4. Claimants with dependent children and entitled to Child Benefit, or who were pregnant, when their husband, wife or civil partner died will get the higher rate. These forecasts are consistent with the caseload forecasts published in the Spring Statement 2018 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables, and represent average caseloads over the full financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Table 4: Bereavement Support Payment Forecast Caseload</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caseload - Standard Rate</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>49,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caseload - Higher Rate</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL8539 HL8540 HL8541 HL8542 HL8589 question first answered 26/06/2018 14:48:47 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

922967

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children received either Bereavement Benefit or Bereavement Support Payments in the fiscal years (1) 2013–2014, (2) 2014–2015, (3) 2015–2016, and (4) 2016–2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL8540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables are published by the department after each fiscal event and contain outturn and forecast expenditure for all Bereavement Related Benefits including Widow’s Pension (WP), Widowed Mother’s Allowance (WMA), Bereavement Allowance (BA), Widowed Parent’s Allowance (WPA) and Bereavement Support Payment (BSP). Table 1 shows expenditure on Bereavement Related Benefits for the requested years from the latest release of these tables published after Spring Statement 2018. Table 2 shows forecast expenditure on Bereavement Support Payments, also from the same source.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Outturn Expenditure, £m 2018/19 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Related Benefits</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>576</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Forecast Expenditure, £m, 2018/19 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Support Payment</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department publishes caseload information on Bereavement Benefits and Widow’s Benefits recipients on on-line via Stat Xplore. These can be broken down by benefit type to show which claims have dependent children. Table 3 below shows caseload data from November of the requested years from Stat Xplore. The caseload is the number of claims in payment during the month in question.</p><p> </p><p>Table 3: Caseload</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Caseload</p></td><td><p>WMA or WPA with dependent children</p></td><td><p>46,300</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td><td><p>44,200</p></td><td><p>43,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WP, BA or WMA/WPA without dependent children</p></td><td><p>50,100</p></td><td><p>47,700</p></td><td><p>46,200</p></td><td><p>45,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecast volume of claimants for Bereavement Support Payment, broken down by whether the claim is Standard Rate or Higher Rate is shown in Table 4. Claimants with dependent children and entitled to Child Benefit, or who were pregnant, when their husband, wife or civil partner died will get the higher rate. These forecasts are consistent with the caseload forecasts published in the Spring Statement 2018 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables, and represent average caseloads over the full financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Table 4: Bereavement Support Payment Forecast Caseload</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caseload - Standard Rate</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>49,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caseload - Higher Rate</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL8538 HL8539 HL8541 HL8542 HL8589 question first answered 26/06/2018 14:48:47 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

922969

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people without children in full-time education received Bereavement Benefit in the fiscal years (1) 2013–2014, (2) 2014–2015, (3) 2015–2016, and (4) 2016–2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL8542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables are published by the department after each fiscal event and contain outturn and forecast expenditure for all Bereavement Related Benefits including Widow’s Pension (WP), Widowed Mother’s Allowance (WMA), Bereavement Allowance (BA), Widowed Parent’s Allowance (WPA) and Bereavement Support Payment (BSP). Table 1 shows expenditure on Bereavement Related Benefits for the requested years from the latest release of these tables published after Spring Statement 2018. Table 2 shows forecast expenditure on Bereavement Support Payments, also from the same source.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Outturn Expenditure, £m 2018/19 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Related Benefits</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>576</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Forecast Expenditure, £m, 2018/19 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Support Payment</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department publishes caseload information on Bereavement Benefits and Widow’s Benefits recipients on on-line via Stat Xplore. These can be broken down by benefit type to show which claims have dependent children. Table 3 below shows caseload data from November of the requested years from Stat Xplore. The caseload is the number of claims in payment during the month in question.</p><p> </p><p>Table 3: Caseload</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Caseload</p></td><td><p>WMA or WPA with dependent children</p></td><td><p>46,300</p></td><td><p>45,300</p></td><td><p>44,200</p></td><td><p>43,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WP, BA or WMA/WPA without dependent children</p></td><td><p>50,100</p></td><td><p>47,700</p></td><td><p>46,200</p></td><td><p>45,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecast volume of claimants for Bereavement Support Payment, broken down by whether the claim is Standard Rate or Higher Rate is shown in Table 4. Claimants with dependent children and entitled to Child Benefit, or who were pregnant, when their husband, wife or civil partner died will get the higher rate. These forecasts are consistent with the caseload forecasts published in the Spring Statement 2018 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables, and represent average caseloads over the full financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Table 4: Bereavement Support Payment Forecast Caseload</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caseload - Standard Rate</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>49,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caseload - Higher Rate</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL8538 HL8539 HL8540 HL8541 HL8589 question first answered 26/06/2018 14:48:48 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1535504

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022 will come into effect.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	69823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>On 13 October 2022, we laid the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022 to extend Widows Parent’s Allowance and Bereavement Support Payment to cohabitees with dependent children. It will lay in Parliament for a 60-day period. The draft Order will then be debated, and voted upon, in both Houses of Parliament before the Order can become law. Because of the nature of the Remedial Order process, we cannot at this stage say when the Order will come into effect.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/10/2022 12:57:50 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

793054

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department offers for people in the work-place who have suffered a bereavement; and if he will make a statement..
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	114839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment provides short-term financial support to people of working age whose deceased spouse or civil partner had paid sufficient National Insurance contributions. It focuses support on the 18 month period after the death of a spouse or civil partner in order to help with the immediate costs of bereavement.</p><p> </p><p>Bereavement Support Payment consists of an initial payment and up to 18 monthly instalments payable to the surviving spouse or civil partner. Recipients with children can receive an initial payment of £3,500 and monthly payments of £350, whilst those without can receive an initial payment of £2,500 and monthly instalments of £100. It is not taxable and is paid on top of any income-related benefits the household receives thus not disadvantaging low income families. It can be paid regardless of whether the surviving spouse or civil partner is in work.</p><p> </p><p>Those in receipt of a means-tested benefit or tax credits may qualify for a Funeral Expenses Payment if they are responsible for arranging a funeral. Funeral Expenses Payments provide help towards the cost of a simple respectful funeral. They cover specified necessary costs, for example burial or cremation fees, plus a contribution of up to £700 towards other costs such as funeral directors fees.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/11/2017 16:53:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1281775

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes she plans to make to the rules on bereavement benefits following the verdicts reached in the cases of (a) James Jackson and Kevin Simpson in 2020 and (b) Siobhan McLaughlin in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	145157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>We are considering the judgement and will bring forward necessary Orders in due course.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:03:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain