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Is he entitled to any benefits?
pointypenguin
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Hi,
My partner has suffered from depression for quite a few years. Things got a lot worse in about october and he tried to commit suicide twice once in October, once in November. Thankfully he is in a much better frame of mind now.
Before October he was doing a long term temping job. After taking time off he was eventually told that there was no work for him and the contract would come to an end. He was signed off by the doctor for 6 weeks. He tried to claim SSP but as his contract was ended his agency refused to pay. He has finally got all the required paperwork to apply for incapacity benefit.
Today he was told that as he has not paid enough NI he needed to pay NI for two full tax years before he can claim incapacity benefit. Before this he was a student. He was told to look at claiming income support but when he enquired about this he was told that as I have a full time job he cannot claim.
I am not sure what to do. Surely he must be able to claim something as he has now been signed off by the doctor for another 12 weeks.
Any advise highly appreciated.
My partner has suffered from depression for quite a few years. Things got a lot worse in about october and he tried to commit suicide twice once in October, once in November. Thankfully he is in a much better frame of mind now.
Before October he was doing a long term temping job. After taking time off he was eventually told that there was no work for him and the contract would come to an end. He was signed off by the doctor for 6 weeks. He tried to claim SSP but as his contract was ended his agency refused to pay. He has finally got all the required paperwork to apply for incapacity benefit.
Today he was told that as he has not paid enough NI he needed to pay NI for two full tax years before he can claim incapacity benefit. Before this he was a student. He was told to look at claiming income support but when he enquired about this he was told that as I have a full time job he cannot claim.
I am not sure what to do. Surely he must be able to claim something as he has now been signed off by the doctor for another 12 weeks.
Any advise highly appreciated.
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The advice given is correct as you are treated as a couple for benefit purposes.0
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