Death of A Child Reported (Info)

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A claimant may notify the death of a child or young person through one of the following sources by

  • Letter to Tax Credit Office (TCO)
  • Telephone call to a Contact Centre
  • Visiting an Enquiry Centre

Or

  • Reporting the death to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) or a Job Centre Plus (JCP) office (In Northern Ireland it will be the Department for Social Development (DSD) or a Social Security Office (SSO) )

Note: If you are notified of the death of a child or young person from one of these sources above you must direct the case straight to the TCO Priority 1 Team

Note: If you are notified that a child is stillborn. There is no entitlement to Child Tax Credit or Child Benefit for that child. Parents can register a stillbirth, but there is no birth certificate and so they are not eligible for Child Benefit. If you are notified that a child is stillborn you must direct the case straight to the TCO Priority 1 Team

  • On a Tax Credit claim form they have received. If it has been issued
  • By the Priority 1 Team it will have Priority 1 Team clearly marked on the front and will be returned directly to that team

Note: All these cases should be submitted to the Priority 1 Team at TCO

When you refer the case to the Priority 1 Team you must supply the claimant details along with the deceased child's

  • Name
  • Date of Birth
  • Date of Death
  • If the claimant incurred any childcare costs for the deceased child
  • The full name and address of the child care provider
  • The weekly amount they paid for the deceased child

The dates payments to the provider commenced and ceased

And

  • Claimant contact details and convenient times for Priority 1 Team to contact the claimant

The Child Benefit Office (CBO) or Child Trust Fund Office (CTFO) may also notify the death of a child to TCO on a WAM referral form after they have dealt with the Child Benefit aspects of the claim. They will already have established the above details for the deceased child and claimant.

Notes:

  1. Any referral received from CBO or CTFO will be sent directly to the Priority 1 Team mailbox
  1. The award of Child Tax Credit (CTC) can continue for 8 weeks after the date of death of the child