Family friend has died.

wendb69

Our best friend has died and we are trying to do as much as we can to help.

He was 50 without a pension, however may have had the odd small one in his working life. How do we trace these?

His wife nursed him for 6 months and they were both on tax credits. He was unable to work for the last year.

Is there a central number to call to get everything sorted?

Can she claim anything for the funeral? They have no savings.

Any info is helpful please.

calcotti

wendb69 wrote: »

Our best friend has died and we are trying to do as much as we can to help.

He was 50 without a pension, however may have had the odd small one in his working life. How do we trace these?

His wife nursed him for 6 months and they were both on tax credits. He was unable to work for the last year.

Is there a central number to call to get everything sorted?

Can she claim anything for the funeral? They have no savings.

Any info is helpful please.

For pension tracing start here https://www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details

When death is registered registrar may tell you about Tell Us Once service https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/organisations-you-need-to-contact-and-tell-us-once. If so this simplifies notification of official agencies. If your local authority does not participate in Tell Us Once you have to ring everybody separately.

See here for information about Bereavement Support Payment https://www.gov.uk/bereavement-support-payment and Funeral Expenses payment https://www.gov.uk/funeral-payments

The existing Tax Credits claim will be a couples claim. This ends with the death. The surviving spouse would have to make a new single person claim but if they are in a Universal Credit area will not be able to do this and would have to claim Universal Credit instead https://ucpostcode.entitledto.co.uk/ucdate.

What other benefits are/were they receiving?

wendb69

calcotti wrote: »

For pension tracing start here https://www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details

When death is registered registrar may tell you about Tell Us Once service https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/organisations-you-need-to-contact-and-tell-us-once. If so this simplifies notification of official agencies. If your local authority does not participate in Tell Us Once you have to ring everybody separately.

See here for information about Bereavement Support Payment https://www.gov.uk/bereavement-support-payment and Funeral Expenses payment https://www.gov.uk/funeral-payments

The existing Tax Credits claim will be a couples claim. This ends with the death. The surviving spouse would have to make a new single person claim but if they are in a Universal Credit area will not be able to do this and would have to claim Universal Credit instead https://ucpostcode.entitledto.co.uk/ucdate.

What other benefits are/were they receiving?

Thank you so much. Currently universal credits.

calcotti

wendb69 wrote: »

they were both on tax credits. He was unable to work for the last year.

wendb69 wrote: »

Thank you so much. Currently universal credits.

Universal Credit and Tax Credits are different. They cannot be getting both, they need to be clear about which it is.

If it is Universal Credit it should be easier sorting the benefits out. However surviving wife will be expected to look for work after six months unless she is too ill to do so.