Incapacity Benefit

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Incapacity Benefit was a UK social security payment that provided financial support to people who were unable to work due to illness or disability before being superseded by Employment and Support Allowance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Incapacity Benefit canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom social security benefit ⓘ
administeredBy Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
administeredIn England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
ageRelatedRate long-term rate ⓘ
short-term higher rate ⓘ
short-term lower rate ⓘ
assessmentMethod All Work Test ⓘ
Personal Capability Assessment ⓘ
beneficiaryObligation attend medical assessments ⓘ
provide medical evidence of incapacity ⓘ
benefitStructure contribution-based rather than means-tested ⓘ
benefitType contributory benefit ⓘ
closedToNewClaimantsOn 2008-10-27 ⓘ
componentOf UK welfare system ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion being incapable of work due to illness or disability ⓘ
being under State Pension age ⓘ
having sufficient National Insurance contributions ⓘ
not receiving Statutory Sick Pay ⓘ
existingClaimsMigratedTo Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
historicalSignificance major UK incapacity-related benefit between mid-1990s and late 2000s ⓘ
introducedBy Conservative government of John Major ⓘ
introducedOn 1995-04-13 ⓘ
legalBasis Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 ⓘ
notableReform introduction of Personal Capability Assessment in late 1990s ⓘ
paymentFrequency weekly ⓘ
phasedOut true ⓘ
policyArea disability welfare ⓘ
public health and employment ⓘ
social security ⓘ
purpose income replacement for people unable to work due to illness or disability ⓘ
relatedBenefit Disability Living Allowance ⓘ
Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
Statutory Sick Pay ⓘ
replaced Invalidity Benefit ⓘ
Sickness Benefit ⓘ
shortName IB ⓘ
status abolished for new claims ⓘ
successorSystemObjective to be replaced by a more work-focused benefit (ESA) ⓘ
supersededBy Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
supersededOn 2008-10-27 ⓘ
targetGroup disabled people unable to work ⓘ
long-term sick people ⓘ
taxStatus taxable income ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Employment and Support Allowance → replaced → Incapacity Benefit ⓘ
Benefits Agency → responsibleFor → Incapacity Benefit ⓘ
Personal Capability Assessment → relatedTo → Incapacity Benefit ⓘ