Work and Pensions Committee opens follow-up inquiry into “profound injustice” in bereavement benefits.
The Committee would like to hear your views on the following questions. You can respond as an individual, a group or an organisation. You can answer any or all of the questions – please submit your evidence here by Friday 17 May.
- Is the new bereavement benefit (Bereavement Support Payment) working well?
- How well has the Government done at explaining and promoting when people are eligible for the new bereavement benefit?
- Do people who are eligible for Bereavement Support Payment find it easy to claim?
- What should be done to support bereaved parents who were not married to their partner, who aren’t currently eligible for the Bereavement Support Payment?
- Should entitlement to bereavement benefits be given to children, but claimed by the parents?
- What can be learned from other countries’ bereavement benefits systems?
- Has any progress been made on the Committee’s previous recommendation that the Government and industry agree the cost of a simple funeral?