Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee
Support for the bereaved
Status: Closed
Opened: 4 Mar 2019
Closed: 5 Nov 2019
1 report
This follow-up inquiry comes two years on from the implementation of Bereavement Support Payment. It will look at how the new benefit it is working in practice, and press the Government on its progress in responding to the 2018 Supreme Court ruling, which found that the restriction of Widowed Parents Allowance to only those parents …
Reports
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Report - Bereavement Support Payment | HC 85 | 22 Oct 2019 | 0 | — |
Oral evidence sessions
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Minister for Welfare Delivery, re uprating Funeral Expenses Payment… |
| 5 Nov 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Minister for Welfare Delivery, re uprating Funeral Expenses Payment… |
| 5 Nov 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child… |
| 4 Nov 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Justin Tomlinson, Minister for Family Support, re Widowed Parents A… |
| 28 Aug 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Will Quince MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family S… |
| 7 Jun 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Shirley-Anne Somerville, MSP Cabinet Secretary for Social Security … |
| 9 Apr 2019 | To cttee | Letter from the Chair to Will Quince MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State… |