The Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2023

Section 39A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) and section 39A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) make provision for widowed parent’s allowance to be paid to surviving spouses and civil partners with dependent children. Section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/410), section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.)) and the Bereavement Support Payment (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019 No. 181) make provision for higher rate bereavement support payment to be paid to surviving spouses and civil partners with dependent children. Bereavement support payment replaced widowed parent’s allowance for deaths on and after 6th April 2017.