Start here
One question first.
Then we open your file.
No email. No card. Answer as much or as little as you like — what you tell us is written into your file as you go, and travels with you into whichever door you choose.
Is there a will — and does someone know where it is?
The first days follow the same legal sequence for every household in England & Wales.
What this spares your family
Tell us your details once, and the same answers can move through the steps that follow.
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Tell Us Once
With the details to hand, the report that notifies the public-sector bodies can take around twenty minutes rather than 60–90 — the saving is having things gathered, not the service itself.
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The BD8 notification
Once a National Insurance number is recorded, the form itself can take about five minutes rather than 15–20. The rest is usually the hunt for the number.
One report
Notified together
A single Tell Us Once report can reach HMRC, DWP, DVLA, the Passport Office and your local council at the same time — public-sector bodies only; banks and insurers are told separately.
Nothing here is owed to us twice. What you tell us once, the next step already has.