Tell Us Once

When someone dies there is a lot to sort out and often lots of different organisations to inform of the death. There may be several government departments and agencies that you need to notify e.g.

• HM Revenue and Customs (e.g. to cancel benefits and credits)
• Department for Work and Pensions (e.g. to cancel benefit s and entitlements)
• Passport Office (to cancel a British passport)
• Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (to cancel a licence)
• the local council (e.g. to cancel housing benefit, Council Tax Reduction, a Blue Badge)

The Tell Us Once service is designed to make this process simpler for you by helping you to provide this information to the government just once.

• Please see the Tell Us Once explanatory video:

The registrar is legally required to record the basic details of each death registration in the Tell Us Once system. If you choose to use the Tell Us Once service to notify all relevant departments (that you have mentioned to the registrar), the registrar will provide you with a unique reference number and confirmation letter, which will allow you to notify a range of local and government departments in one step.

For more information, please visit www.gov.uk/tell-us-once