Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 9 of the report of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers entitled Bereavement damages: a dis-united kingdom, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policy on bereavement damages of the findings of the YouGov survey on public attitude to the individual assessment of compensation claims.

Any review of the system of bereavement damages in England and Wales would have regard to all relevant material, but there are no current plans to undertake a review.

The Government’s position remains that it believes the existing legal framework, involving a fixed level of award and clear eligibility criteria, represents a reasonable, proportionate and practical approach.