Incapacity benefit and private pension

Legacy_user

My partner who has just moved in with me,took redundancy in april 05 which was about £11,000 with severance pay,she's fell ill 3 days later with women's troubles and had to go on sick,she went straight onto IB benefit of £57.65.

I myself also get IB benefit of £92.50 per week plus a private pension of £105.76 per month,we have no kids.

We have just payed off the mortgage which was £5,000 and we are waiting to see what my new council tax will be,due to my partner moving in.

Please could anyone tell me if we are entitled to any more benefits?

Ted_Hutchinson

ENTITLEDTO should give you the answer.

System

I looked on that site before i posted my message but i couldn't find any help.

Ted_Hutchinson

If you've put both your incomes and savings in the calculator and it's not come up with any entitlements then you'll probably have to manage on your IB, pension and savings.
The base rate (excluding disability or other premiums) of Income Support (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website) is
Personal allowances for couples: both aged 18 or over £88.15
and you will see from your IB Long-term basic rate £76.45 +IB Higher rate Age Addition £16.05=£92.50 you are already exceeding that figure with taking into account your pension and your wife's IB.
It may be that either you or your wife might meet the DLA criteria so try the self-assessment guide at Benefitsnow