Benefits: Bereavement

Question 1

When someone dies what payments are the spouse/family entitled to?

Answer 1

• Funeral payment
• Bereavement payment
• Bereavement allowance
• Widowed parent’s allowance

Question 2

What is the funeral payment?

Answer 2

One-off payment to the partner or parent of the deceased if they are on benefits to help pay for a funeral

Question 3

Bereavement payment

Answer 3

• Lump sum given to spouse if they are under the state pension age( when their partner died
• Depends on national insurance contributions
• Not payable to divorcees

Question 4

What is the bereavement allowance?

Answer 4

Taxable weekly benefit paid to the spouse for up to 52 weeks (12 months) from the date of death, if the surviving partner is 45 years or older and less than the state pension age (

Question 5

What is the Widowed Parent’s Allowance?

Answer 5

Payable to a parent whose husband or wife has died.

Eligibility

• Surviving partner is bringing up a child
• Deceased partner had made adequate national insurance contributions
• Also if the woman was expecting her late husband’s baby
• Divorcees and those who remarry are not eligible to claim

Question 6

What is the job seekers allowance?

Answer 6

From 18 years old to state pension age. Claimants must be capable of working and agree to actively seek work

Question 7

What is stautory sick pay?

Up to how many days in a row are you allowed off before claiming it?

How long can you claim it for?

Answer 7

For employees unable to work due to illness. Unable to work for > 4 days in a row. Paid up to a maximum of 28 weeks

Question 8

What is Incapacity Benefit & Employment and Support Allowance

Answer 8

Employment and Support Allowance replaced Incapacity Benefit for new claimants from October 2008. Claimable by those not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), for example self-employed, or when SSP has ended

Question 9

Which one of the following statements regarding the DS1500 form is correct?

• The completing doctor cannot claim a fee from the Department of Works and Pensions
• Should be completed when a patient has less than 12 months to live
• Contains a question about whether the patient is aware of their diagnosis
• Should be sent directly to the Department of Works and Pensions
• Must be completed by the patient’s General Practitioner (or another doctor at the same surgery)

Answer 9

Contains a question about whether the patient is aware of their diagnosis

The DWP pay the doctor. It is issued when the patient has