What is a Funeral Payment?
If you are in receipt of certain benefits and need help to pay for a funeral you are arranging, you may be eligible for help through a Funeral Payment.
If you are paying for the funeral of a child under 18 or a stillborn child and the funeral took place in England, you may be able to get help from the Children’s Funeral Fund. You can still apply for a Funeral Payment for any additional costs that weren’t covered by the Children’s Funeral Fund.
You do not have to repay a funeral payment, but if the person who has died left money or property the Funeral Payment might have to be paid back out of that.
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Age Rules: There are no specific age rules
Taxable: No