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Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
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…
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
You may be able to get Bereavement Support Payment if your partner has…
Bereavement Support Payment is not means-tested. This means what you earn…
The amount of Bereavement Support Payment you can get will depend on: your…
You can apply for Bereavement Support Payment online, by telephone or by…
How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.
Executors can use this form to give up their legal responsibility and role permanently (also known as ‘renunciation’) to apply for probate.
Guardian's Allowance help if you're looking after a child who is not your own - rates, eligibility, how to claim, appeal a decision.
Widowed Parent's Allowance - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim, bereavement benefits claim form BB2.
Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears
War Widow's or Widower's Pension if your wife, husband or civil partner died as a result of service in HM Armed Forces or during war - eligibility, how to claim, and how to claim funeral expenses
If you’re a spouse or civil partner you can use this form to give up your rights as an administrator if there is no will.
Use this form to claim Widowed Parent's Allowance if your partner died before 6 April 2017.
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