Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of financial support available to bereaved parents.

Bereaved parents may be eligible for Universal Credit, help with immediate costs through a Funeral Expenses Payment, and assistance through the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

For Universal Credit customers, the department maintains payments for the assessment period in which a child, partner or non-dependent dies, and for the following two assessment periods.

Where one parent has died, the surviving parent may be eligible for Bereavement Support Payment.

The government keeps bereavement support under review.