It replaced Widowed Mother's Allowance in 2001 as part of the process of removing sex discrimination from the Social Security system. It is available to anyone with a child whose husband, wife or civil partner has died. The claimant must get Child Benefit for at least one child and the late husband, wife or civil partner was their parent.
It is not available if the partners were divorced at the time of death, if the claimant is in prison, if they remarry or are cohabitating with another person by means of living together as a married couple.
Amount of benefitedit
In 2013 the maximum payment is £108.30 a week. It is taxable, but it is not affected by the receipt of other income. It is counted in full for all means-tested benefits. The amount payable is dependent on the National Insurance contributions paid by the deceased. It could be affected by the benefit cap. It continues while Child Benefit continues.
Proposed changesedit
In July 2013 it was reported that the government was planning changes in the Pensions Bill 2012 going through parliament, which would limit this benefit to a maximum of £400 a month paid out for just 12 months, with a lump sum of £5,000 following bereavement. The 43,500 families already in receipt of the allowance would be unaffected by the reforms.[1] The Department of Work and Pensions estimated that in 2016 the government expects to pay £590m a year to bereaved couples and families. With the changes, payments would drop to £530m by 2020.
widowed, parent, allowance, benefit, under, united, kingdom, social, security, system, contents, entitlement, amount, benefit, proposed, changes, references, external, linksentitlement, editit, replaced, widowed, mother, allowance, 2001, part, process, removin. Widowed Parent s Allowance is a benefit under the United Kingdom Social Security system Contents 1 Entitlement 2 Amount of benefit 3 Proposed changes 4 References 5 External linksEntitlement editIt replaced Widowed Mother s Allowance in 2001 as part of the process of removing sex discrimination from the Social Security system It is available to anyone with a child whose husband wife or civil partner has died The claimant must get Child Benefit for at least one child and the late husband wife or civil partner was their parent It is not available if the partners were divorced at the time of death if the claimant is in prison if they remarry or are cohabitating with another person by means of living together as a married couple Amount of benefit editIn 2013 the maximum payment is 108 30 a week It is taxable but it is not affected by the receipt of other income It is counted in full for all means tested benefits The amount payable is dependent on the National Insurance contributions paid by the deceased It could be affected by the benefit cap It continues while Child Benefit continues Proposed changes editIn July 2013 it was reported that the government was planning changes in the Pensions Bill 2012 going through parliament which would limit this benefit to a maximum of 400 a month paid out for just 12 months with a lump sum of 5 000 following bereavement The 43 500 families already in receipt of the allowance would be unaffected by the reforms 1 The Department of Work and Pensions estimated that in 2016 the government expects to pay 590m a year to bereaved couples and families With the changes payments would drop to 530m by 2020 For deaths after 6 April 2017 Widowed Parent s Allowance was replaced by Bereavement Support Payment References edit Money State benefits Widowed parents allowance a vital lifeline in danger of being cut The Observer 14 July 2013 Retrieved 2 January 2014 External links editWidowed Parent s Allowance nbsp This death related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Widowed Parent 27s Allowance amp oldid 1118845803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
