Bereavement support payment is available if your husband, wife or civil partner died in the last 21 months. You are eligible if your partner either paid National Insurance contributions for at least 25 weeks in one tax year or died because of an accident at work or a disease caused by work. When they died you must have been under State Pension age. Replaces Bereavement Allowance (previously Widow’s Pension), Bereavement Payment, and Widowed Parent’s Allowance for new claims. If your husband, wife or civil partner died before 6 April 2017, you may be able to get Widowed Parent’s Allowance instead.
For more information on Bereavement Support Payment and to find out if you’re eligible to claim it, visit GOV.UK – Bereavement Support Payment.
Bereavement Service Helpline
Telephone: 0800 731 0469
Welsh language: 0800 731 0453
Textphone: 0800 731 0464
Welsh language: 0800 731 0456
British Sign Language (BSL) users: Video relay service
Relay UK (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 731 0469