PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bereavement Benefits (24 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the proposed Remedial Order to extend the legislation governing widowed parent's allowance and bereavement support payments will be applied retrospectively to non married partners and their children.
Asked by:
Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
Answer
We intend to take forward a Remedial Order to extend eligibility for BSP to cohabitees with children. The detail of the changes will be set out in the Remedial Order. We intend to lay the Order before the House in due course.
Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
1 October 2020
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