Add bereavement support plan: BSP formula + historical WPA (#466 #465)#1737
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#466 asks for a rule-based Bereavement Support Payment formula (current bsp.py is just adds = ["bsp_reported"], no derived eligibility). #465 asks for historical Widowed Parent's Allowance for back-cast analysis. These are the same pair of questions ("model bereavement benefits beyond the reported amount") so persist them in a single combined plan. The page covers: - the current reported-only state and what it can't do (reform analysis, post-FRS-reference bereavement, historical WPA), - BSP rule structure: lump sum + 18 monthly instalments at higher (with dependent child) or standard rate; cohabiting-partner extension from 9 Feb 2023 via SI 2023/134, - Phase 1: BSP rule-based formula with three new input variables (is_bereaved_recently, bsp_higher_rate_eligible, bsp_months_remaining), - Phase 2: WPA (historical) with the same formula shape but per-year uprated rate and the 2001-04 to 2017-04 bereavement-date window, - Phase 3: data-side bereavement flag imputation in policyengine-uk-data from FRS marital-status transitions and DWP bereavement statistics, - open questions on BSP uprating (currently flat since 2017), a reform-side "treat WPA as BSP" toggle, and the cohabiting-partner effective-date logic.
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bsp.pyis justadds = [\"bsp_reported\"]— no derived eligibility). Widowed Parent's Allowance #465 asks for historical Widowed Parent's Allowance for back-cast analysis.docs/book/programs/gov/dwp/bereavement-support-plan.md.is_bereaved_recently,bsp_higher_rate_eligible,bsp_months_remaining);is_bereaved_recentlyflag imputation inpolicyengine-uk-datafrom FRS marital-status transitions and DWP bereavement statistics;Test plan
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