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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to extend Bereavement Support Payment to people who were cohabiting but were not married or in a civil partnership; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to extend Bereavement Support Payment to people who were cohabiting but were not married or in a civil partnership; and if she will make a statement.
Bereavement Benefits are contributory benefits and it is a founding principle of the contributory benefits system that rights derived from another person’s contributions should be based on the concept of legal marriage or civil partnership.
This Commons Library briefing looks at the Bereavement Support Payment, which replaced bereavement benefits (the Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance, and Widowed Parent's Allowance) for surviving spouses and civil partners widowed on or after 6 April 2017.
This Commons Library briefing looks at the Bereavement Support Payment, which replaced bereavement benefits (the Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance, and Widowed Parent's Allowance) for surviving spouses and civil partners widowed on or after 6 April 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending widower's pension allowance to widowed partners who were (a) engaged and due to be married, (b) co-habiting and (c) co-habiting with children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending widower's pension allowance to widowed partners who were (a) engaged and due to be married, (b) co-habiting and (c) co-habiting with children.
Marriage and civil partnerships are legal contracts that are associated with certain rights, including inheritance, recognition in the tax system and entitlement to certain benefits.
A key principle of the National Insurance system is that all rights to benefits derived from another person’s contributions are based on the concept of legal marriage or civil partnership. This is a long-standing position in bereavement benefits which the Government has no plans to change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Wakefield constituency and (b) Wakefield Metropolitan District Council area were in receipt of the bereavement allowance in each of the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Wakefield constituency and (b) Wakefield Metropolitan District Council area were in receipt of the bereavement allowance in each of the last six years.
Bereavement allowance statistics are not collated on an annualised basis, however 50 claimants were in receipt of bereavement allowance in the Parliamentary constituency of Wakefield and 160 claimants were in receipt of bereavement allowance in Wakefield Local Authority for the period ending May 2016, which is the latest quarter for which there is statistical information.
The Official Statistics for this period are available at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccparlc/cat/a_carate_r_ccparlc_c_cat_may16.html
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/bb/ccla/cat/a_carate_r_ccla_c_cat_may16.html
For further quarterly time series statistics please refer to the resources below.
The information requested is published and available at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html
Guidance for users can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Please note that the tabulation tool was last updated in November 2016 and will no longer be available for use after 31 March 2017. Users were informed of this in June 2016 via a statistical notice, available at the following link where you can also read more about our plans to move our statistics onto the Stat-Xplore online tool:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tabulation-tool-questionnaire-statistical-notice
For February 2017 data, we have published additional supporting tables for each benefit apart from Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit. The supporting tables include local authority and parliamentary constituency breakdowns as well as information on key out-of-work benefits. This information can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwp-statistical-summaries-2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have claimed widowed parent's allowance and bereavement allowance in the last five years would have received less money under the new bereavement support payment scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have claimed widowed parent's allowance and bereavement allowance in the last five years would have received less money under the new bereavement support payment scheme.
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
I am pleased to announce that today I intend to lay regulations to provide some of the detail of the new Bereavement Support Payment. These are affirmative regulations which will be debated in Parliament shortly. It is intended that the changes detailed in these regulations will come into force on...
I am pleased to announce that today I intend to lay regulations to provide some of the detail of the new Bereavement Support Payment. These are affirmative regulations which will be debated in Parliament shortly. It is intended that the changes detailed in these regulations will come into force on...
My honourable Friend The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery (Caroline Nokes MP) has made the following Written Statement.
I am pleased to announce that today I intend to lay regulations to provide some of the detail of the new Bereavement Support Payment. These are affirmative regulations which will...
My honourable Friend The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery (Caroline Nokes MP) has made the following Written Statement.
I am pleased to announce that today I intend to lay regulations to provide some of the detail of the new Bereavement Support Payment. These are affirmative regulations which will...
I am very happy to see my hon. Friend myself. If what he is suggesting has happened, it should not have done, and let us put it right.
I am very happy to see my hon. Friend myself. If what he is suggesting has happened, it should not have done, and let us put it right.
My constituent, Mrs C, recently bereaved, failed to apply for the bereavement allowance in time because she was not aware that it existed. She now has severe financial problems. Will the Minister and his officials be willing to meet me to discuss this case and any way that we could help her?
My constituent, Mrs C, recently bereaved, failed to apply for the bereavement allowance in time because she was not aware that it existed. She now has severe financial problems. Will the Minister and his officials be willing to meet me to discuss this case and any way that we could help her?
My constituent, Mrs C, recently bereaved, failed to apply for the bereavement allowance in time because she was not aware that it existed. She now has severe financial problems. Will the Minister and his officials be willing to meet me to discuss this case and any way that we could help her?
I am very happy to see my hon. Friend myself. If what he is suggesting has happened, it should not have done, and let us put it right.
Before the House adjourns for the Easter recess, there are a number of points that I wish to raise.
A constituent of mine, Katrine Kuzminas, recently sent me a DVD called “Earthlings”. I share her concern about the proposed badger cull.
Planet Leasing is a car leasing firm in my constituency that...
Before the House adjourns for the Easter recess, there are a number of points that I wish to raise.
A constituent of mine, Katrine Kuzminas, recently sent me a DVD called “Earthlings”. I share her concern about the proposed badger cull.
Planet Leasing is a car leasing firm in my constituency that...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the merits of treating bereavement allowance as non-taxable income; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the merits of treating bereavement allowance as non-taxable income; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many student nurses have unsuccessfully applied for bereavement grants from her Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many student nurses have unsuccessfully applied for bereavement grants from her Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have made a late claim for (a) widowed parents allowance and (b) bereavement allowance in each of the last five years; how many people claiming bereavement allowance have been refused on the grounds that the claim was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have made a late claim for (a) widowed parents allowance and (b) bereavement allowance in each of the last five years; how many people claiming bereavement allowance have been refused on the grounds that the claim was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to increase the number of men receiving bereavement allowance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to increase the number of men receiving bereavement allowance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to review the rules which prevent payment of carer's allowance and bereavement allowance at the same time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to review the rules which prevent payment of carer's allowance and bereavement allowance at the same time.
(2) how many (a) widows and (b) widowers are receiving bereavement allowance; and if he will make a statement.
(2) how many (a) widows and (b) widowers are receiving bereavement allowance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many men received bereavement allowance in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many men received bereavement allowance in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement;
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on bereavement allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on bereavement allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) widows and (b) widowers are receiving bereavement allowance; and how many of these are over 55 years and claiming the full rate of benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) widows and (b) widowers are receiving bereavement allowance; and how many of these are over 55 years and claiming the full rate of benefit.
| Bereavement allowance recipients in Great Britain, as at September 2004 | ||
|---|---|---|
| All bereavement allowance recipients in Great Britain | Bereavement allowance recipients aged 55+ and receiving the full rate | |
| Male | 5,300 | 600 |
| Female | 14,400 | 6,300 |
| Total | 19,700 | 6,900 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 2. The full rate for bereavement allowance at September 2004 is £79.60. 3. Bereavement allowance figures include both age related and non-age related recipients. 4. Figures exclude overseas recipients. Source: Information Directorate, 5 per cent. sample |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals relating to bereavement (a) allowance and (b) payments have been made in each month since the allowance was introduced; how many such appeals were in respect of claims made outside the time limit; and how many such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals relating to bereavement (a) allowance and (b) payments have been made in each month since the allowance was introduced; how many such appeals were in respect of claims made outside the time limit; and how many such...