Apply for Bereavement Benefits
You may be able to get a one-off payment or regular payments for 52 weeks if you have been bereaved.
How to use this service
Use the links below to download and complete a claim form or contact the SSA for a claim form.
Claim Online
You cannot claim Bereavement Benefit online.
Download a form
Bereavement Benefit forms:
- Bereavement Benefit form BB1 (PDF 83KB)
- Bereavement Benefit form Notes (PDF 1.5MB)
- Help with PDF files
You make a claim by printing out a claim form and filling it in. When you have filled in the form you can either:
- post it to the office whose details are shown on the form, or
- hand it in at your nearest Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office
- Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office (contacts section)
Important: The date the claim form is received in a Social Security Agency office is the date we can consider payment from - not the date you downloaded the claim form.
Ask for a form
You can get Bereavement Benefit forms from the Social Security Agency. Contact one of their offices.
- Pension Service (contacts section)
- Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office (contacts section)
- Benefit Shop Castle Court (contacts section)
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