Bereavement Support Payment

E119113

UK social security benefit bereavement benefit

Bereavement Support Payment is a UK government benefit that provides financial support to eligible people whose spouse or civil partner has died.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bereavement Allowance	1
Bereavement Payment	1
Bereavement Support Payment canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK social security benefit ⓘ bereavement benefit ⓘ
administeredBy	Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
administeredThrough	DWP bereavement service ⓘ
affectedBy	time limit for making a claim ⓘ
appliesTo	surviving civil partners ⓘ widowers ⓘ widows ⓘ
benefitType	non-means-tested benefit ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	claim must usually be made within a specified period after the death ⓘ claimant must be resident in the United Kingdom or meet specific residence conditions ⓘ claimant must be under State Pension age at time of spouse or civil partner’s death ⓘ deceased must have been spouse or civil partner of claimant ⓘ deceased must have paid sufficient National Insurance contributions or died due to an industrial accident or disease ⓘ
hasComponent	initial lump sum payment ⓘ ongoing monthly payments ⓘ
introducedBy	UK government ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
legalBasis	Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 ⓘ
mayAffect	entitlement to certain means-tested benefits ⓘ
notAffectedBy	most other income ⓘ savings ⓘ
paymentMethod	bank account transfer ⓘ
paymentStructure	lump sum plus monthly payments ⓘ
policyArea	bereavement support ⓘ social security ⓘ
purpose	provide financial support after death of spouse or civil partner ⓘ
rateDependsOn	date of death of spouse or civil partner ⓘ whether claimant is entitled to Child Benefit for a child of the deceased ⓘ
reformObjective	focus support on period immediately following bereavement ⓘ simplify previous bereavement benefits system ⓘ
replaced	Bereavement Support Payment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bereavement Allowance Bereavement Support Payment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bereavement Payment Widowed Parent’s Allowance ⓘ
requires	National Insurance numbers of claimant and deceased ⓘ death certificate or acceptable proof of death ⓘ
startDate	2017-04-06 ⓘ
targetGroup	low-to-middle income households affected by bereavement ⓘ recently bereaved people ⓘ
taxStatus	tax-free ⓘ
website	https://www.gov.uk/bereavement-support-payment ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Insurance contributions → linkedTo → Bereavement Support Payment ⓘ

Bereavement Support Payment → replaced → Bereavement Support Payment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bereavement Allowance

Bereavement Support Payment → replaced → Bereavement Support Payment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bereavement Payment