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A Bereavement Payment is an immediate tax-free lump sum payable to a man or a woman, under state pension age, or to a person over state pension age whose late spouse or civil partner was not entitled to a Category A State Retirement Pension when they died. It is based on National Insurance Contributions.
Who can get a Bereavement Payment?You can get a Bereavement Payment if your late spouse or civil partner met the National Insurance contribution conditions and either:
- you are under state pension age (60 for a woman, 65 for a man); or
- your late spouse or civil partner was not entitled to a Category A state Retirement Pension when they died.
Bereavement Payments are not payable if:
- you were divorced; or
- your civil partnership has been dissolved; or
- you are living with a person of the opposite sex as husband and wife at the time of your spouse’s or civil partner's death; or
- you are in prison or held in legal custody.
You can claim a Bereavement Payment on form BB1 which can be obtained from the Pensions Service, Windsor House any Social Security or Jobs & Benefits office or the Benefit Shop.
Bereavement Payments are not affected by any other income or benefit.
Single lump sum of £2000 paid by payable order which must be paid into a bank or building society account.
If you do not understand or disagree with a decision, you can ask for an explanation and/or for the decision to be looked at again. You also have the right of appeal.
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