SPM165300 | Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) - general information: Parental Bereavement Pay Period (PBPP)

This page is for use for SPBP for Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales) and for Northern Ireland before 6 April 2026.

For employed earners gainfully employed in Northern Ireland from 6 April 2026 please see SPM166000.

PBPP is the period for which SPBP is payable.

The main features are:

• it lasts for one or two complete weeks whether or not the employee intends to return to work for the liable employer after the child’s death/stillbirth

• it can start on any day of the week

• it must end within 56 weeks of the child’s death/stillbirth.

• it ends if the employee starts work for a new employer after the start of the PBPP

• if an employee is entitled to SPBP from more than one employer each PBPP could be different

• the employee is excluded from SPBP for any weeks in which they are paid SSP

• the employee is excluded from SPBP for any week they are held in legal custody

Legislation

Regulations 5,6,7, 9, 10 and 19(4) of the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (General) Regulations 2020.