People to inform
Following a bereavement various people, companies, and other interested parties need to be told about someone who has died:
- Local social services - if meals on wheels, home help, day centre transport was used
- Any hospital that the person was attending
- The deceased's local Inland Revenue office
- The local Benefits Agency office to cancel pensions, allowances, benefits etc
- Any employer or trade union
- A child’s or young person’s teacher, employer or college, should be informed if a parent, brother, sister, grandparent or close friend has died
- Car insurance company. People driving a car insured in the deceased’s name are not legally insured
- Local offices of British Gas, Electricity, British Telecom, Royal Mail deliveries, local newsagent
- If the deceased was receiving Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit, the local housing department; also if the deceased was living in property rented from the council or any landlord if the deceased lived in rented accommodation.
This page was last updated on 06 October 2008
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