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You maybe eligible for help from the department of work and pensions to contribute towards the cost of the funeral. If you are responsible for arranging the funeral and you are claiming one of the following benefits;
How much you will be awarded will also depend on any other money that is available e.g through the deceased's estate, any insurance policies or savings.
Below is a flowchart to follow to find out if your claim maybe accepted.
You may be able to get a £2,000 Bereavement Payment if your spouse or civil partner died. This is a one-off, tax-free, lump-sum payment .
You may be able to get Bereavement Payment if, when your husband, wife or civil partner died, you were either:
Additionally, your husband, wife or civil partner must have either:
This is a taxable benefit (Previously known as Widow's Pension) payable for up to 52 weeks from the date your spouse or civil partner died. These payments are based on your late spouse or civil partner's National Insurance contributions. To be entitled you must be over 45 but under State Pension age when they died.
To avoid losing any benefit, you should claim within three months of the deceased's death.
Find out more on Bereavement allowance on the Gov.uk Website
This is a taxable benefit which may be payable if you are a parent and your spouse or civil partner has died and they paid enough National Insurance contributions. You must be under State Pension age and be receiving or entitled to Child Benefit for at least one child.
Budgeting Loan from the government can help pay for:
You're only eligible for a Budgeting Loan if you've been on certain benefits for 6 months.
The lowest amount you can borrow is £100. You could get up to:
How much you could get depends on whether you:
Your loan amount
£100 - 812
Your weekly benefit
£57.90 £73.10 £87.50 £102.15 £109.30 £114.85 £300.00
Weekly deduction
£2.90 - £6.95 £3.66 - £8.77 £4.38 - £10.50 £5.11 - £12.26 £5.45 - £13.12 £5.74 - £13.78 £15.00 - £36.00
£115.80 £146.20 £175.00 £204.30 £218.60 £229.70
£5.79 - £13.90 £7.31 - £17.54 £8.75 - £21.00 £10.22 - £24.52 £10.93 - £26.23 £11.49 - £27.56
To apply for a budgeting loan from the government please Apply Here
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Fawcett & Hetherington, King George House, 92 High Street, Eston, TS6 9EG
01642 459555