Timeline
Step 1: We receive the employer notification
Pension Services receives the death notification.
Step 2: We create and prioritise a case
We log a death in service notification at the highest priority.
Step 3: We wait for employer and next of kin information
This information includes:
- AAPP
- CARE pay
- final pay details
- death certificate
- next of kin information
Step 4: Payment
We aim to pay any death grant within 10 working days of receiving all required information.
Death Grant payment
The administering authority has discretion over who receives a death grant.
We take the member's expression of wish into account, but it is not binding.
Other LGPS records
We may have to delay pension payment if the employee has:
- previous LGPS membership
- membership with another LGPS fund
We may also restrict death grant amounts depending on earlier benefits.