Reporting a death to the pensions people
I see the Department of Work and Pensions has done somehting good about death (soon to be renamed perhaps the D of the credit-crunched unemployed and post-employment poor (or docupep). Anyway, you now only have to ring them once to notify them of a death and they will tell everyone else in government. The catch is that you have to answer security questions about the deceased person. Knowing the DWP, I guess this will be a quiz of University Challenge Paxmanesque proportions on your loved one, but if you fail the challenge they will check you out with whoever they have listed as next of kin. Still, good if it works.
DWP (2008) Reporting a death. Touchbase 53:17