Continuing with this tool assumes that you will be eligible for the benefit you have submitted a claim for. If your claim is unsuccessful, you will, unfortunately, not be eligible for the Funeral Expenses Payment.
The DWP/DfC normally won't accept an application from anyone other than the partner of the person who has died. However there are a couple of unusual circumstances in which they might.
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If the deceased person's partner was considered responsible for their death, they will be excluded from the DWP/DfC's decision making. Please continue with the eligibility checker.
It is important to make this clear when making your claim for the Funeral Expenses Payment
Immediate Family Member and Close Relative Tests
You said you are an immediate family member of the person who has died.
The DWP/DfC look at other immediate family members and close relatives to determine whether there is anyone else they think could take responsibility for the funeral costs.
These people are in excluded categories and will not be considered in the DWP/DfC's decision making.
Please continue with the eligibility checker.
It is important to include the details of these people in your claim, but make it clear that they are in an excluded category.
To be as confident as possible of your eligibility for the Funeral Expenses Payment, we advise finding out if you can. However, we will continue the assessment based on the answer being Yes. If you discover they are not in receipt of a qualifying benefit or tax credit, you may want to go through this checker again
These people are in excluded categories and will not be considered in the DWP/DfC's decision making. Please continue with the eligibility checker.
These people are in excluded categories and will not be considered in the DWP/DfC's decision making. Please continue with the eligibility checker.
It is important to include the details of these people in your claim, but make it clear that they are in an excluded category.
Please continue with the eligibility checker, answering only for those immediate family members and close relatives who are not in one of the excluded categories.
To be as confident as possible of your eligibility for the Funeral Expenses Payment, we advise finding out if you can. However, we will continue the assessment based on the answer being Yes. If you discover they are not in receipt of a qualifying benefit or tax credit, you may want to go through this checker again
