Can Bereavement Benefit be got if the widow also gets the husbands 'pension' ?

[nationsheet]

if getting a pension (from the husbands pension scheme) where their company pension scheme, allowed the widowed wife to have some of the pension monthly money after their death.

 

(company pension, eg BT pension)

 

if that is being paid to the widow, does that mean it can affect the decision to get bereavement benefit (after applying) - ie they can reject it ?

 

or the decision to get Bereavement Benefit have no effect or link to any 'company pension' being paid

 

 

Also:

or if the Bereavement Benefit is got, could the Company pension be altered/stoped? or there is no linkage?

[down'n'out]

Hello,

 

Sorry, I am not sure of an answer, but due to thread, I though I would post a link concerning New proposals for bereavement benefits.

 

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/newsroom/press-releases/2012/jul-2012/dwp076-12.shtml

 

Hope you do not mind.

 

Regards,

[ErikaPNP]

Bereavement Allowance

Bereavement Payment

Widowed Parents Allowance.

 

comprise the bereavement benefits. None of them are dependent on the income/capital you have, therefore the income from the Pension will not affect them

 

Click the link here for more information on Bereavement Benefits.

 

As the previous poster mentioned there are going to be changes to bereavement welfare support however those changes will not affect anyone who is in receipt of the bereavement welfare support when the changes come in.