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Funeral Expenses Payment claim form

Use the adult or child claim form and notes to apply for a Funeral Expenses Payment by post.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
1 October 2013
Last updated:
20 April 2026
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  1. The 'Funeral Expenses Payment interactive claim form: adult' and the 'Funeral expenses payment notes: adult' have been updated in English and Welsh.

  2. The Funeral Expenses Payment for a child forms and notes have been updated in English and Welsh.

  3. Updated forms SF200-Adult, SF200W-Adult and accompanying notes have been added.

  4. On the Welsh page, changed the link to ‘Why do you want to contact Jobcentre Plus?' to the Welsh version of the content, instead of the English

  5. This guidance only applies to England and Wales.

  6. Published October 2022 Welsh versions of the SF200 Funeral Expenses Payment claim form and notes for a child. Cyhoeddwyd Hydref 2022 fersiynau Cymraeg o ffurflen hawlio Taliad Costau Angladd SF200 a nodiadau ar gyfer plentyn.

  7. Updated Funeral Expenses Payment interactive claim form and notes: adult (SF200).

  8. Added SF200: Funeral Expenses Payment interactive claim form and notes: adult, which replaces the version you had to print and fill in with a pen. And revised the Welsh form and notes print and fill in with a pen versions.

  9. Updated the SF200 child form and notes.

  10. SF200 Adult claim form and notes have been replaced with updated versions,

  11. All claim forms and notes booklets updated.

  12. Updated Funeral Expenses Payment claim form for a child in English and Welsh.

  13. Updated 'Funeral Expenses Payment claim for: child' in Welsh with the September 2020 version.

  14. Replaced the Funeral Expenses Payment claim form for a child with the September 2020 version.

  15. Added updated versions of the claim forms and notes.

  16. Added updated versions of SF200 funeral expenses claim forms. The forms must now be signed by hand.

  17. Added updated versions of SF200 funeral expenses claim forms - adult and child in English and Welsh and SF200 adult notes in Welsh.

  18. Added Welsh Funeral Expenses Payment claim form and notes for a child.

  19. Replaced adult claim form and notes with updated versions. Also added a new claim form and notes for a child.

  20. Published revised version of forms SF200 and SF200W and guidance notes for both versions.

  21. Published revised version of forms SF200 and SF200W.

  22. First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Funeral Expenses Payment interactive claim form: adult

Ref: SF200-adult

PDF, 834 KB, 28 pages

Funeral Expenses Payment notes: adult

Ref: SF200-notes

PDF, 111 KB, 8 pages

Funeral Expenses Payment claim form: child

Ref: SF200-child

PDF, 529 KB, 20 pages

Funeral Expenses Payment notes: child

Ref: SF200-notes

PDF, 101 KB, 8 pages

Details

The easiest way to apply for a Funeral Expenses Payment is by phone.

Contact the Bereavement Service helpline to claim by phone. An adviser will also help you claim any other bereavement benefits you might be entitled to.

What to do with the form and any documents

You can also claim by post. Send the form and any documents to:

Freepost DWP Funeral Payments

You do not need to use a postcode or a stamp.

You can also take the form and any documents to your nearest jobcentre.

For help and advice on the information you need to put on the form or about the benefit you want to claim, contact the Bereavement Service helpline.

Before you start this form

If you’re using a mobile phone or tablet

You cannot complete the form using a mobile phone or tablet. You have to either:

  • use a desktop or laptop computer
  • print the form and complete it by hand

If you’re using a desktop or laptop computer

Use a PDF reader to open and fill in this form. You can download a free PDF reader online.

If you are using screen reader software to access the form, we recommend that you review all of the notes and the questions on the form before you complete it. As you complete the form, you will be guided through the questions based on the responses you provide.

Do not use your computer’s browser or, if you are an Apple Macintosh user, the Preview application.

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  • saved onto your computer
  • opened in a recent version of PDF reader

The form will not save in:

  • versions of Acrobat Reader older than version XI
  • some other PDF readers, for example Preview on a Mac or Foxit on a PC

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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