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Bereavement Support Payment claim form

Use this form to claim Bereavement Support Payment.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
6 April 2017
Last updated:
11 February 2026
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  1. Added January 2026 versions of the English and Welsh Bereavement Support Payment claim forms and notes.

  2. English and Welsh Bereavement Support forms and notes have been updated.

  3. Updated the Bereavement Support Payment claim form and Bereavement Support Payment notes (English and Welsh).

  4. Minor amend to claim form BSP1.

  5. Guidance updated to reflect new eligibility rules for cohabiting partners.

  6. Added updated Bereavement Support Payment claim form BSP1 and notes.

  7. Updated details section.

  8. Updated the BSP1 claim form and notes with September 2019 versions in English and Welsh.

  9. Updated the claim form and notes with March 2019 versions.

  10. First published.

Documents

Bereavement Support Payment claim form

Ref: BSP1

PDF, 270 KB, 10 pages

Bereavement Support Payment notes

Ref: BSP1 Notes

PDF, 84.5 KB, 8 pages

Details

You may be able to get Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) if your husband, wife or civil partner died in the last 21 months.

If you were living with your partner (but not married to them or in a civil partnership with them) you may be able to get BSP if they died on or after 6 April 2017.

If you’re in Northern Ireland there is a different process to apply by phone or post.

You may still be able to claim BSP if your husband, wife or civil partner’s cause of death was confirmed more than 21 months after the death. Call the Bereavement Service helpline.

If your partner died before 6 April 2017, you may be able to get Widowed Parent’s Allowance instead.

If you need this form in a different format

Contact the Bereavement Service helpline to ask for:

  • a printed copy of the form
  • a different format, such as large print, braille or audio CD

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