The government has issued a reminder
The Department for Work and Pensions are urging bereaved parents to check whether they could be eligible for backdated payments. The eligibility for bereavement support payment and widowed parent’s allowance to cohabiting parents with dependent children was extended by the Government in February.
In February, when the Department for Work and Pensions extended eligibility, it opened a 12-month window for cohabiting parents to backdate their claims. This means parents whose partner died before February 9 2023 have until February 8 2024 to claim.After this it will not be possible to claim widowed parent’s allowance and parents will not get their full entitlement to a backdated payment of bereavement support payment.
The benefit a parent is eligible for will depend on the date their partner died. If their partner died before April 6 2017, they would need to claim widowed parent’s allowance. To qualify for these bereavement benefits, parents must be under the state pension age, have paid a certain amount of national insurance contributions and be either pregnant or having a dependent child on the day their partner died. Alison Penny, director of the Childhood Bereavement Network, said: “It has been very moving to hear stories from parents who have received a backdated payment after years of being unable to access this lifeline benefit for them and their children.
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