diff --git a/changelog.d/wpa-lpg-descriptions.changed.md b/changelog.d/wpa-lpg-descriptions.changed.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Corrected the Widowed Parent's Allowance description: it is closed for deaths on or after 6 April 2017, not to new claims.
diff --git a/policyengine_uk/variables/gov/dwp/widowed_parents_allowance_reported.py b/policyengine_uk/variables/gov/dwp/widowed_parents_allowance_reported.py
index e002ddeec5..1014c67a8f 100644
--- a/policyengine_uk/variables/gov/dwp/widowed_parents_allowance_reported.py
+++ b/policyengine_uk/variables/gov/dwp/widowed_parents_allowance_reported.py
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ class widowed_parents_allowance_reported(Variable):
         "it shares benefit code 6 with Bereavement Support Payment, and "
         "datasets built so far put that code in bsp_reported. Its rates rise "
         "each April with CPI, unlike Bereavement Support Payment's, which "
-        "have been frozen since April 2017 (see bsp_reported). Closed to new "
-        "claims since 6 April 2017."
+        "have been frozen since April 2017 (see bsp_reported). It is closed "
+        "for deaths on or after 6 April 2017; a new claim can still be made "
+        "where the partner died before that date (SSCBA 1992 s.39A(1))."
     )
     definition_period = YEAR
     unit = GBP
-    reference = "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/148/article/18/made"
+    reference = (
+        "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/148/article/18/made",
+        "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/section/39A",
+        "https://www.gov.uk/widowed-parents-allowance",
+    )
     uprating = "gov.economic_assumptions.indices.obr.consumer_price_index"