Tell Us Once

Tell Us Once

‘Tell Us Once’ is a free service provided by the Isle of Wight Register Office that offers help with your recent bereavement. With your permission relevant Isle of Wight Council Services and Central Government departments will be informed of the bereavement. Local services include Council Relevant Central Government departments that can be notified including: Department for Works and Pensions (DWP), Passport Office (IPS), Driving Licence (DVLA), Overseas Health and War Pensions department.

It will be necessary for the informant to provide the deceased’s National Insurance number (if known) and relevant documents (Passport, Driving licence, Library Pass, Blue Badge). If all the information is not available at the time of the death registration, the registrar will explain how to access the service from home using a reference number and free-phone telephone contact service with DWP (this service is available up to 28 days following the death registration).

The idea of the service is that families are offered assistance to inform local and central government departments at a particularly difficult time, saving them valuable time and money.’