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Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
You could get a Funeral Expenses Payment (also called a Funeral Payment)…
You can get a Funeral Expenses Payment if all of the following apply: you…
You must apply within 6 months of the funeral, even if you’re waiting for…
How to apply to the Children’s Funeral Fund for help paying for a funeral for a child under 18
The Children’s Funeral Fund for England can help to pay for some of the…
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cameroon, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
A guide to applying for compensation under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme.
Forms for burial or cremation authorities and funeral directors to claim back fees and specific expenses for a child burial or cremation.
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