B · Glossary
Bereavement Allowance
A weekly allowance paid to bereaved spouses or civil partners (replaced by Bereavement Support Payment for new claims).
The original Bereavement Allowance was a weekly tax-free benefit for bereaved spouses or civil partners aged 45 or over. It was replaced by the Bereavement Support Payment for deaths from 6 April 2017 onwards — a lump-sum-plus-monthly-payments scheme.
The Bereavement Support Payment is tax-free and not means-tested.
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