Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether the legislation on bereavement compensation in Scotland has resulted in (a) disputes between defendants and bereaved families in claims for compensation, (b) investigations into the proximity of relationships and (b) an effect on the cost of legal claims for bereavement compensation.

The Government considered the case for reform of bereavement damages when responding, in February 2020, to a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

That response document set out the Government’s position, and we have no plans to publish any additional material.