DEATH GRANT
35. WHAS A DEATH GRANT?
A death grant is paid to a person who incurs the cost of the funeral or other appreciable expenses, such as the purchase of mourning, connected with the death of an insured person, or on the death of the wife, widow, husband, widower or child of an insured person.
36. WHAT ARE THE RATES OF DEATH GRAI!T?
The standard rate of grant is £60 when an adult dies and a smaller sum when a child dies.
37. WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTION CONDITIONS?
There are two contribution conditions which must be fulfilled either by the deceased, or the deceased's husband or wife, or, if the deceased was a child, by a parent.
FIRST:
SECOND:
at least 26 contributions must have been paid or credited since 3 October 1955.
either:-
(i)
(11)
at least 45 contributions must have been paid or credited in the last complete contribution year before the date on which the conditions have to be fulfilled. (A new contribution year begins on the first Monday of each calendar year);
or
an average of at least 45 contributions a year must have been paid or credited since 3 October 1955.
38 HOW AND WHEN TO CLAIM DEATH GRANT
A claim form should be obtained from the Department of Labour & Social Security, completed and returned with the death certificate, undertaker's account or receipt and any other supporting documents. The claim should be made within 6 months after the date of death, otherwise the grant is lost.
39. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
Unemployment benefit is a weekly payment made to any contributor (other than & self-employed person) who is unemployed, capable of work and available to
take work if offered.
The benefit is not payable to persons over 65 (men) or 60 (women).
The conditions for entitlement are:-
8.
during the fifty-two weeks immediately preceding the
claim not less than thirty contributions had been paid;
or:
the yearly average of contributions paid by or credited
to that person is not less than thirty.
Provided that in either case the last thirteen contributions paid were in respect of employment in employed contributor's employment.
12.