Benefits Agency

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The Benefits Agency was a UK government executive agency responsible for administering social security benefits to the public.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Benefits Agency canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive agency ⓘ
former government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Great Britain ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedInto Jobcentre Plus ⓘ
The Pension Service ⓘ
employs civil servants ⓘ
field social security ⓘ
welfare benefits administration ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation England ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasPurpose delivery of social security benefits to the public ⓘ
implementation of government social security policy ⓘ
hasType Next Steps agency ⓘ
industry public administration ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
operatedBy Department of Social Security ⓘ
ownedBy Crown ⓘ
parentOrganization Department of Social Security ⓘ
partOf UK social security system ⓘ
replacedBy Jobcentre Plus ⓘ
The Pension Service ⓘ
responsibleFor Disability Living Allowance ⓘ
Family Credit ⓘ
Housing Benefit administration support ⓘ
Incapacity Benefit ⓘ
Income Support ⓘ
Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
Retirement Pension administration ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
serviceProvided administration of social security benefits ⓘ
assessment of benefit claims ⓘ
customer advice on benefits ⓘ
payment of benefits ⓘ
supervisedBy Secretary of State for Social Security ⓘ
usedProgram means-tested benefits system ⓘ
national insurance system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department of Social Security → hasPart → Benefits Agency ⓘ
Employment Service → mergedWith → Benefits Agency ⓘ
Jobcentre Plus → replaced → Benefits Agency ⓘ