Report a death - National Grid UK Pension Scheme

Please use this form to tell us about the death of one of our members.

All fields marked* need to be completed in order to submit the form.

The form will ask you to input the deceased members’ date of birth. If this is earlier than 1942, please click on the 1942 date to highlight it, and then press the little up arrow to the right. The list will extend to show earlier years, which you can then select from.

Report a death bereavement notification form

About our member

Member’s full name *

Scheme reference number (if known)

Members address *

Date of birth *

Marital status *

Date of death *

Is the date of death confirmed? *

Are you aware if the member was receiving any payments from the scheme (e.g a pension)?

Details of a spouse or dependant

If our member was in receipt of a widow or dependant pension, you do not need to complete this section.

Did our member leave a legal spouse (Legal spouse is anyone who was married or in a civil partnership) *

Details of any children

If our member was in receipt of a widow or dependant pension, you do not need to complete this section.

Are there any dependent children under the age of 23 *

Are there any children who were financially dependent on our member due to mental or physical incapacity? *

Please enter your details below

Your Name *

Your relationship to the deceased *

Contact telephone number (please enter your home or mobile phone) *

E-Mail *

Your Full Address *

Your Postcode *

About the estate

Who is dealing with the estate *

Who should we contact?

Who should we contact in relation to settlement of any benefits due? *

What happens next?

Once we’ve been notified, we will stop making pension payments and process any death benefits that are due – this might be a dependant’s pension, a lump sum or bereavement grant. We will contact you within 2 working days to request any further information we need.

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Useful information

In addition to informing the pension team, there are a few formalities to do in the first few days after someone dies:

Get a medical certificate: from a GP or hospital doctor. You’ll need this to formally register the death

Register the death: you will need to register the death within five days (eight in Scotland). When you register the death you’ll be given:

A Certificate for a Burial, to give to the funeral director, or an application for cremation which you need to complete and give to the crematorium

A Certificate of Registration of Death (form BD8). You may need to fill this out and return it if the deceased was receiving a State Pension or benefits (the form will come with a pre-paid envelope).

Arrange the funeral: the funeral can usually only take place after the death is registered. Most people use a funeral director, though you can arrange a funeral yourself.

The Government has a Tell Us Once service to report a death to most organisations in one go.