The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 2005

Calculation of widowed person’s lump sum

20.—(1) The widowed person’s lump sum is the accrued amount for last accrual period beginning during the period which—

(a) began at the beginning of S’s period of deferment; and

(b) ended on the day before S’s death.

(2) In this paragraph—

“S” means the other party to the marriage;

“accrued amount” means the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (3);

“accrual period” means any period of seven days beginning with the day of the week on which Category A or Category B retirement pension would have been payable to S in accordance with regulation 22(3) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, if he had been entitled to it, where that day falls within S’s period of deferment.

(3) The accrued amount for an accrual period for W is—

where—

• A is the accrued amount for the previous accrual period (or, in the case of the first accrual period beginning during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), zero);

• P is, subject to sub-paragraph (5), one-half of the graduated retirement benefit to which S would have been entitled for the accrual period if he had been entitled to it during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1);

• R is—

  (a)

  a percentage rate two per cent. higher than the Bank of England base rate; or

  (b)

  if a higher rate is prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 3B and 7B of Schedule 5, that higher rate.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), any change in the Bank of England base rate is to be treated as taking effect—

(a) at the beginning of the accrual period immediately following the accrual period during which the change took effect; or

(b) if regulations under paragraph 7B(4) of Schedule 5 so provide, at such other time as may be prescribed.

(5) Regulation 3 of the Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions) Regulations 2005(1) shall have effect for the purposes of this paragraph in like manner to graduated retirement benefit as it does to retirement pension in the calculation of the lump sum under paragraph 7B of Schedule 5.

(6) In any case where—

(a) there is a period between the death of S and the date on which W becomes entitled to graduated retirement benefit; and

(b) one or more orders have come into force under section 150 of the Administration Act during that period,

the amount of the lump sum shall be increased in accordance with that order or those orders.

(1)

S.I.2005/453.