Widows benefit
Widow's benefits in the United Kingdom include
- Widow’s Pension - this was dependent on the husband's National Insurance contributions.
- Widowed Parent's Allowance - replaced Widowed Mother's Allowance in 2001
- Widowed Mother’s Allowance - established under the National Insurance Act 1946. The widow had to be receiving Child Benefit for a child who was either hers or her late husband's.[1]
- Bereavement benefit or Bereavement Support Payment started in 2017. It replaced Bereavement Payment and Bereavement Allowance. It is paid to a husband/wife or civil partner of a person who has died in the previous 21 months.[2] In August 2018 the Supreme Court decided that it was against human rights law to deny these payments to unmarried parents. In 2023 unmarried people can claim.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Ogus & Barendt (1988). The Law of Social Security. London: Butterworths. p. 234. ISBN 0406633703.
- ↑ "Bereavement Support Payment". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ↑ "'Relief and delight' over bereavement benefit change". BBC News. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-30.