Submitted by Amy Haley on Tuesday 5th December 2023
Published on Tuesday 19th December 2023
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 19th June 2024
Current Signatures: 15
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Make separated parents eligible for the Bereavement Support Payment
If one parent dies, the surviving parent is NOT currently eligible for the Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) unless they were married, in a civil partnership or living together as if they were married. The BSP should be extended to the separated, surviving parent.
Thousands of children who have lost a parent do not benefit from this financial support if their parents were separated. Even if the surviving parent was dependent on maintenance payments, or any financial support from the deceased parent, they are not entitled to a penny from the Government. We believe allowing a child who had married parents to benefit from thousands of pounds from the BSP, yet not allowing this for a child with separated parents, is a discriminatory benefit gap that must be closed.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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