United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98960
Bereavement Support Payment: Cohabitation
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5 October 2020
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8 October 2020 · Answer
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8 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to implement the ruling of the Supreme Court of 30 August 2018, [2018] UKSC 48, on extending bereavement support payments to unmarried couples.
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5 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to implement the ruling of the Supreme Court of 30 August 2018, [2018] UKSC 48, on extending bereavement support payments to unmarried couples.
Source: Commons
8 October 2020
Answer
We intend to take forward a Remedial Order to extend eligibility for Widowed Parent’s Allowance and Bereavement Support Payment to cohabitees with children. We are working on the detail of, and implementation plans for, these changes. We intend to lay the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-05/98960
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1240407
- uk · wq-1240407 · source updated 8 October 2020