Pensions After Death

When you die after retiring on pension, your benefits will no longer be payable.  Your spouse, civil partner, cohabiting partner, next-of-kin or person dealing with your Estate must immediately inform the Pensions Section of your date of death as otherwise an overpayment could occur which may need to be recovered.

Death Grant

A death grant may be payable to your Estate or beneficiaries.  The death grant only exists:

• If you left the LGPS before 1^st April 2008, a death grant is paid if you have been in receipt of the pension for less than 5 years and die under the age of 75
• If you left the LGPS on or after 1^st April 2008, a death grant is paid if you have been in receipt of the pension for less than 10 years and die under the age of 75

So if, for example, a pensioner retires before 1^st April 2008 and receives 2 years pension before dying, the remaining 3 years of pension will be paid to the Estate or Beneficiaries as a one off death grant.

If a pensioner retires on or after 1^st April 2008 and receives 7 years pension before dying, the remaining 3 years of pension will be paid to the Estate or Beneficiaries as a one off death grant. 

However, if the pension has been paid for more than 5 or 10 years (whichever is relevant), or if you are over the age of 75 when you die, a death grant would not be payable.

It is important that you complete a Death Grant Expression of Wish Form (267KB opening in a new window) so that the Clwyd Pension Fund has a written record of your wishes.  The Clwyd Pension Fund does have discretion as to who to pay the grant to.  If you do not complete this form, the death grant will be paid to your Estate and may be liable for inheritance tax.

Dependants’ Pensions

In addition to the death grant there are provisions for surviving partners’ pensions which would be paid to them for the rest of their lives.  If you die before your partner, the Clwyd Pension Fund will pay a pension to any of the following: