Welfare benefit guide - An overview
01 April 2011
Introduction
Stewarts Law have prepared a number of briefing notes on the key welfare benefits available following personal injury. The table below sets out the key characteristics of these welfare benefits. For further details please see the individual briefing notes.
| Name of Benefit | Means tested? | National Insurance contributions? | Age restrictions | Amount per week |
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| Income Support | Yes | No | Yes:
16 to 60/65 | Dependent upon an Applicant's individual circumstances |
| Incapacity Benefit | No | Yes | Yes:
16 to 60/65 | From £71.10 to £94.25 |
| Employment & Support Allowance | Yes (income related allowance only) | Yes (Contribution allowance only) | Yes:
16 to 60/65 | Contributory allowance: from £53.45 to £99.85
Income related allowance: Dependent on an Applicant's individual circumstances |
| Disability Living Allowance | No | No | Yes:
Upper age limit of 65. Lower age limit for mobility component only. | Care component: from £19.55 to £73.60 Mobility component: from £19.56 to £51.40 |
| Attendance Allowance | No | No | Yes:
From 65 | £49.30 to £73.60 |
| Carers Allowance | No | No | Yes:
From 16 | £55.55 |
| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | No | No but must not be self employed | No | Dependent upon an Applicant's assessed level of disablement: From £18.42 to £150.30 |
| Local Housing Allowance | Yes | No | No | Dependent upon an Applicant's individual circumstances |
| Statutory Sick Pay | No | No but must not be self employed | No | £81.60 |
| Jobseekers Allowance | Yes - income based JSA only | Yes - Contribution based JSA only | Yes - under the pension age | Contribution based JSA: from £53.45 to £67.50 Income based JSA - Dependent upon an Applicant's individual circumstances |
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