Urgent advice needed

xylophone

Do you mean that your mother was receiving her state pension?
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/StatePension/Basicstatepension/DG_10026707

Was she receiving any other pension/due to receive any other pension with a spouse benefit on death?
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/money-matters/claiming-benefits/pension-credit/?ito=1943&itc=0&gclid=CIycm4vY9rACFRIjfAodlBo1NA

magpiesnest

Once again, thanks for all of your comments. I'm pleased someone could verify what turn2us had told me as I thought I must have imagined it.
As I said he is 63 now and will get his own pension when he hits 65, he may get some sort of widowers pension but really it's just to make sure he can get what he is entitled to, after all he has worked hard and paid in all his life until the last couple of years.
We will be applying for pension credit and CTB, and he will get what he can and if that's nothing then so be it.

McKneff

pmlindyloo wrote: »

If you were receiving any pensions then they would have probably made you ineligible.

Sorry, dont understand.
My OH gets full state pension
I get 60% state pension
OH gets around 1K a year pension
I get around £2K a year pension.

Eligible or not.

We get no benefits at all apart form 160% state pension.
I did try when I first retired last year but the answer was a big fat zero.

Dunroamin

McKneff wrote: »

Sorry, dont understand.
My OH gets full state pension
I get 60% state pension
OH gets around 1K a year pension
I get around £2K a year pension.

Eligible or not.

We get no benefits at all apart form 160% state pension.
I did try when I first retired last year but the answer was a big fat zero.

Your occupational pensions take you just over over the threshold for pension credit; my parents were in a similar situation.

ETA
Pension credit for a couple £218

Your income (about) £227

lurkylurky

I'm sorry for your loss.

I think your Dad may qualify for a Bereavement Payment (£2,000 one off payment) and Bereavement Allowance (£105.95 a month for a year) which will be based on your Mum's National Insurance contributions). You can download the forms - see this link: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_10017690

magpiesnest

Once again, thanks to everyone for your input on this. I did not know about the bereavement payments. I will apply for this as well.
If you don't ask you don't get.

magpiesnest

Update....

I appllied for pension credit (guarantee part) which apparently also automatically qualifies you for council tax benefit. My dad will qualify so they say.
I also applied for bereavement benefit, again I am told he qualifies.

We will see what happens.

Horseunderwater

Sorry for the loss for you and your Dad. But glad that you will get his money sorted in near future. Always hard losing a parent. Lost both of mine when I was in my twenties and I am in late forties now.