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THE DEATH GRANT PAYABLE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A PENSIONER

If you die in retirement, a lump sum death grant MAY be payable, depending on how long after you retired and started receiving your LGPS pension, that you died:
 
If you retired before 1 April 2008 and die within 5 years of retirement a Death Grant is payable
 
Total Death Grant payable:
Your Annual Pension x 5 - Total Annual Pension paid before you died 

 
If you retired after 31 March 2008 and die within 10 years of retirement a Death Grant is payable
 
Total Death Grant payable:

Your Annual Pension x 10 - Total Annual Pension paid before you died

 
Whether a death grant is payable or not, has no effect on entitlement to a Survivor's Pension being paid to your surviving spouse, registered civil partner or cohabiting partner when you die.
 
 
Expression of Wish Form LGP25
 
A Death Grant Expression of Wish Form should be completed by each member of the Scheme and allows you to nominate one or more individuals or organisation to receive payment of the death grant if you should die in service.
 
The Fund has the discretion to pay the lump sum death grant to the deceased's nominee or personal representatives or to any person who appears, at any time, to have been your relative or dependant. In exercising this discretion the Fund will normally pay a death grant to or amongst the deceased's nominated beneficiaries.
 
A death grant is payable to whoever the member nominated to be a beneficiary. Members can nominate one or more individuals or organisations to receive payment. Where no nomination has been made, payment of the death grant will normally be made to the deceased's spouse, surviving civil partner or nominated cohabiting partner.
 
In the absence of a valid nomination, surviving spouse, registered civil partner or nominated cohabiting partner, or when other persons are claiming all or some of the death grant, the Fund will pay the grant as it sees fit to such persons appearing to it to have been a relative or dependant at the time of death.