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Check how a UK claim date falls against the published payment windows, and review the standard or higher maximum schedule for 2026/27.
Sample dates · edit to match your circumstances
Claim timing screen
Death date: 1 September 2026. Claim date: 15 October 2026.
Standard rate maximum schedule
£4,300
£2,500 lump sum + up to 18 × £100 monthly.
Higher rate maximum schedule
£9,800
£3,500 lump sum + up to 18 × £350 monthly.
Check your State Pension age separately. If you reach it within 18 months, fewer monthly payments may be due.
This is a timing and maximum-rate planner, not an eligibility decision or a DWP award calculation. It does not decide the applicable rate, exact reduced-payment count, National Insurance test, relationship conditions or exceptional backdating.
Edit inputsGOV.UK says claims should usually be made within 21 months, and within 3 months for the full payment schedule. If the cause of death was confirmed late, contact the Bereavement Service about the exception. Northern Ireland has a separate claim route.
Use the expected submission date if you have not applied yet.
The DWP decides the rate from your circumstances; this selection only controls the published maximum schedule shown.
Reaching State Pension age during this period can reduce the number of monthly payments.
Bereavement Support Payment is not means-tested. Eligibility still depends on the claimant’s age and residence, relationship, and the deceased partner’s National Insurance record or a work-related cause of death. DWP decides eligibility, rate and award.
Read the UK Bereavement Support Payment guide for eligibility, claim routes, rate conditions and benefit interactions. This welfare payment is different from Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay through an employer.
The timing windows and maximum schedules follow current GOV.UK guidance and confirmed 2026/27 benefit rates. Check your own circumstances with the Bereavement Service.