Verification of death

Verification may be received by different means. The most common ways are:

• A task will be automatically created if the client was receiving any benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions and the next of kin has notified the Tell Us Once bereavement service. Once DWP have verified and input the date of death, the information will be sent via the CIS system which will notify SPM
• A client’s next of kin notifies Social Security Scotland directly. They may be asked to provide a certificate usually signed by a registrar where they registered the death