Article 27 Amount of bereavement grant

Subject to F1paragraph (2), the amount of the bereavement grant payable in respect of the death of a F2person who was a member of the armed forces on the date of death is £25,000.

Where the person was a member of the AFPS 2005, the amount of the bereavement grant is the difference between the salary of the member of the armed forces on the date of death and the amount specified in paragraph (1).

Where a former member of the forces dies, the bereavement grant is F4£37,500.

In the event that there is more than one surviving spouse entitled to the bereavement grant, the amount to which each such surviving spouse is entitled shall be F5the amount payable at paragraphs (2) or (3), divided by the number of surviving spouses so entitled at the time of the death of the member or former member of the armed forces.