Summary and Background Benefits for bereaved persons
34.Sections 50 and 51 change the entitlement conditions for widowed mother’s and widowed parent’s allowance respectively. Where a child is not living with the claimant, the entitlement conditions for widowed mother’s and widowed parent’s allowance included a requirement to make contributions to the cost of providing for the child of an amount which is not less than the rate of child benefit payable in respect of the child together with an amount which is not less than the rate of guardian’s allowance. The latter requirement is removed.