Income Support

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Income Support is a means-tested UK welfare benefit that provides financial assistance to people on low incomes who are not required to be available for full-time work.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Income Support canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK welfare benefit ⓘ
means-tested benefit ⓘ
administeredBy Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
benefitType income-related benefit ⓘ
means-tested social security benefit ⓘ
calculationBasis applicable amount minus income ⓘ
closedToNewClaims yes ⓘ
closedToNewClaimsInGreatBritain yes ⓘ
component carer premium ⓘ
disability premium ⓘ
family premium (historically) ⓘ
pensioner premium ⓘ
personal allowance ⓘ
premiums for specific circumstances ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Pound sterling ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion age 16 or over ⓘ
below Pension Credit qualifying age ⓘ
capital below an upper limit ⓘ
habitually resident in the UK ⓘ
low income ⓘ
must belong to a prescribed category such as lone parent or carer ⓘ
not in full-time education except in specified cases ⓘ
not required to be available for full-time work ⓘ
partner working fewer than 24 hours per week ⓘ
working fewer than 16 hours per week ⓘ
introducedInJurisdiction Great Britain ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
legislatedBy Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ⓘ
subordinate social security regulations ⓘ
linkedTo Council Tax Benefit (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Council Tax

Housing Benefit ⓘ
NHS prescription charge exemptions ⓘ
free school meals eligibility ⓘ
other passported benefits ⓘ
meansTested yes ⓘ
payableTo couples ⓘ
individual claimants ⓘ
payFrequency fortnightly ⓘ
purpose provide financial assistance to people on low incomes ⓘ
support people who are not required to be available for full-time work ⓘ
replacedBy Universal Credit ⓘ
requiresNationalInsuranceNumber yes ⓘ
shortName IS ⓘ
targetGroup carers ⓘ
lone parents ⓘ
people on certain training schemes ⓘ
some people incapable of work ⓘ
taxable no ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Cold Weather Payment → relatedTo → Income Support ⓘ
Universal Credit → replaces → Income Support ⓘ
subject linked to: UC
Jobcentre Plus → administers → Income Support ⓘ