Income Support/Incapacity Benefit...

DanielD2008

Hi!
I applied for Income Support and Incapacity Benefit and got a letter saying I was accepted for IS which included a cheque for backpayment.A few days later I got the first payment.
A day later(today) I got a letter saying that I was accepted for IB and they would contact me when my first payment is credited to my bank account.

I have some questions and any help would be great !...

How long does it take for the first payment ?
Do I get it the same day as my income support ?
Do they add the IS and IB together and pay is one payment ?
Does the amount of IS go down ?

Sorry to ramble on any any help is great !

Cheers !!

lil_me

IB is deducted off your IS £ for £

Some have IB paid with IS, some seperate.

Usually payments start within a couple of weeks

stazi

What is important to remember is that you don't get both IB & IS paid in full.
For example, if your IS entitlement is £75 pw, and your IB is £65pw- £75 is all you get, made up of £65 IB and £10 IS.

IB is treated as 'income' for IS purposes.

minerva123

If someone is on IB and have now been told they have been accepted for ill health early retirement with a small pension from their employer (aged under 50) will this reduce the amount they receive in IB - ie does the pension get taken into account and IB reduced accordingly by the amount they are going to receive via the pension?

cw18

Incapacity Benefit isn't means tested, so no you shouldn't lose any by getting a pension.

BUT the pension will count as income against any IS top-up you may be entitled to.....

healy

cw18 wrote: »

Incapacity Benefit isn't means tested, so no you shouldn't lose any by getting a pension.

BUT the pension will count as income against any IS top-up you may be entitled to.....

If the person has a pension over £85 per week there will be a reduction of IB of 50p in the £ for every pound over that amount unless you are on higher rate care DLA. So your IB CAN be reduced by getting a pension.

minerva123

Thanks for reply. Not sure if I understand this though.
So, if the pension was £90 they would count just the £5 over and reduce the IB by £2.50 in total? They dont have IS.
Its a minefield making sure they get the benefits they are entitled to!

healy

minerva123 wrote: »

Thanks for reply. Not sure if I understand this though.
So, if the pension was £90 they would count just the £5 over and reduce the IB by £2.50 in total? They dont have IS.
Its a minefield making sure they get the benefits they are entitled to!

Yes you are correct.

cw18

healy wrote: »

If the person has a pension over £85 per week there will be a reduction of IB of 50p in the £ for every pound over that amount unless you are on higher rate care DLA. So your IB CAN be reduced by getting a pension.

I happily stand corrected then, as I wasn't aware of this at all !!

I assume it just looks at the income for the person getting the IB then?
(Getting worried as DH has been getting IB since Dec 2006, and he's never - to my knowledge - had to tell them about my income )

healy

cw18 wrote: »

I happily stand corrected then, as I wasn't aware of this at all !!

I assume it just looks at the income for the person getting the IB then?
(Getting worried as DH has been getting IB since Dec 2006, and he's never - to my knowledge - had to tell them about my income )

Yes it is just the pension income of the person on IB.