Sickness

Indie_Kid

But they're not a lone parent or carer.

Robbie64

You can claim IS if SSP is in payment. Most IS claimants are lone parents or carers but there are other groups of people who can claim IS, people in receipt of SSP is one such group.

NASA_2

Robbie is right here - SSP is still a qualifying condition for Income Support and IS should be claimed until SSP runs out.

At that time ESA would then have to be claimed as there would be no qualifying condition for IS.

ETA:

People incapable of work

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[See Memo DMG 30/09] [See memo DMG 42/09] People can get IS if they are

1.

incapable of work1 or

2.

treated as incapable of work2 or

3.

treated as capable of work3 because they

3.1

became incapable of work because of misconduct or

3.2

fail without good cause to submit to treatment or

3.3

fail without good cause to observe any prescribed rules of behaviour or

4.

entitled to SSP.

1 Sch 1B, para 7(a)

; SS CB Act 92, Part XXIIA; 2 IS (Gen) Regs, Sch 1B, para 7(b);

SS CB Act 92, s 171D; 3 IS (Gen) Regs, Sch 1B, para 7(c); SS CB Act 92, s 171E(1);

SS (IW) (Gen) Regs, reg 18(1)