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Claiming Incapacity
Benefit
If you are suffering from short or long-term illness,
you may be eligible to receive the Incapacity Benefit.
The benefit is not means tested and in most cases depends
on your record of National Insurance Contributions. You
may be eligible to claim Incapacity Benefits if you are
below 60 for women or 65 for men. You must also be
unable to work because of disability or ill health,
cannot claim statutory sick pay, and have been paid or
credited with a minimum amount of National Insurance
Contributions in one of the last two tax years.
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Are You Eligible For Incapacity Benefit?
You may be able
to get
Incapacity
Benefit if any
of the following
apply to you:
-
your
Statutory
Sick
Pay
has
ended,
or
you
can't
get
it
-
you
were
under
State
Pension
age
when
you
became
sick
or you must:
-
be
aged
between
16
and
20
(or
under
25
if
you
were
in
education
or
training
at
least
three
months
immediately
before
turning
20)
-
have
been
too
ill
to
work
because
of
sickness
or
disability
for
at
least
28
weeks
-
have
been
too
ill
to
work
before
you
turned
20
(or
under
25
if
you
were
in
education
or
training
at
least
three
months
immediately
before
turning
20)
If you’ve been
living or working
abroad
If you
have
been
living
or
working
abroad,
this may
affect
your
benefits
claim.
You may
be able
to claim
benefits
if you
have
either:
-
Paid
UK
National
Insurance
Contributions
in
the
past
(or
the
equivalent
in
other
certain
countries).
-
Worked
abroad
under
an
employer
who
is
based
in
the
UK
and
paid
National
Insurance
Contributions
for
the
first
53
weeks
of
your
employment.
If you haven't paid
enough National
Insurance
contributions
If you have not
paid enough
National
Insurance
Contributions,
you may be able
to claim
benefits if the
following apply
to you:
-
Are under
the age of
20
-
Or 25 if
you have
been in
education
or
training
for at
least
three
months
before
turning
20
-
Have been
ill for 28
weeks
-
Are a
present
resident in
Great
Britain for
26 weeks in
the year
before
making your
claim
If you have been
in the Armed
Forces or you
live and work
within the
European
Economic Area,
you should be
treated as
resident of the
UK.
What are the
Incapacity
Benefit Rates?
How much is Incapacity Benefit?
The benefit is paid in three different weekly rates. These rates are:
- short-term (lower) IB is paid for the first 28 weeks - currently £59.20/week (£75.35 for OAPs)
- short-term (higher) IB is paid from weeks 29 to 52 - currently £70.05/week (£78.50 for OAPs)
- long-term IB is paid from week 53 - currently £59.20/week
You may be able to receive additional benefits if you qualify for the “age addition” with the long-term benefits if you were under 45 when you became to ill or disabled to work. Additional benefits may also be available for your partner or child carer that looks after your children.
How Do You Apply For Incapacity Benefit?
- You may apply for these benefits by filing a claim online, contacting your local Jobcentre Plus or downloading the claim form online
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Other common terms for this subject (incl. misspellings)
are:
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Benifit - wwwincapacity benefit - Incapacity Benafit -
DWP Incapacity Benefit - Incapacity Beneift
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