Bereavement Support Payment Calculator
Check whether you qualify for Bereavement Support Payment, which rate you would get, and how much of it you may already have lost by not claiming yet.
Your details
Unmarried partners can claim, but only if the children condition below also applied.
This decides the rate, and for unmarried partners it decides eligibility altogether. Being entitled counts even if you never claimed.
This is judged at the date of death, not today.
They needed to have paid Class 1 or Class 2 contributions in any single tax year since 6 April 1975. Most people who have ever worked in the UK meet this.
Claiming late costs money. Enter 0 if it was within the last month.
Your results
Total you could still receive
£9,800
- RatePaid where there are dependent children or you were pregnant.
- Higher rate
- First paymentA single lump sum, paid after your claim is accepted.
- £3,500
- Monthly payment
- £350 / month
- Monthly payments you would still getThe full run, because you are still inside the three-month window.
- 18 of 18
- DeadlineAfter three months you start losing a monthly payment for every month you wait.
- 2 months left for the full amount
This calculator is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or legal advice, nor a decision on your entitlement. Only the Department for Work and Pensions can decide a claim. If you are close to the three-month, twelve-month or twenty-one-month point, claim first and check the detail afterwards.