Deceased War Widow/Widower Receiving Income Support Supplement

Calculation of rate last payable

When a war widow/widower who is a member of a couple dies, and he or she was receiving income support supplement at the time of death, the rate last payable is calculated:

• without applying the ceiling rate that usually applies to income support supplement payments, and
• without counting the war widow's/widower's pension as adjusted income.    
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  9.1.2/Assessment Process for ISS

  Ceiling rate rules during bereavement period

  8.1.4/Payment Arrangements for Partnered Pensioner Bereavement Payment

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Blinded war widows/widowers

As the rate of income support supplement payable to a blinded war widow/widower is free of the income and assets test — [glossary:s:], the rate last payable is the maximum basic rate of income support supplement.

Partner also a war widow/widower

When the partner of a deceased war widow/widower is also a war widow/widower, the method by which the partner's rate of pension is calculated is not affected by the change to the way in which the deceased pensioner's rate of pension is calculated for bereavement purposes.

Thus a ceiling rate is still applied to the rate of service pension or income support supplement paid to the partner.