Death Grant

The amount of lump sum payable is equal to three times your final annual pay no matter how long you have been a member of the Scheme. If you are a part-time employee the pay figure used is the actual pay you receive and is not increased to its whole-time equivalent rate in the same way as when retirement benefits are calculated.

You can choose who you would like to receive any death grant payable by completing an Expression of Wish form.

Please note the administering authority has the discretion to pay the death grant to your nominee or personal representatives or to any person who appears, at any time, to have been your relative or dependant. If any part of the death grant has not been paid by the second anniversary of your death, it must be paid to your personal representatives, i.e. to your Estate. This may result in an inheritance tax charge being placed on the death grant.