incapacity benefit help

sweetypie46

hi my son has been in a car accident july last year his ssp stopped after 28 weeks, he has been awarded dla both components lower rate, at last we have been told he gets incpacity of 61.35a week short term lower rate shouldnt he be getting short term higher as he has been off work more than 28 weeks? any help much appreciated

stazi

Yes...however-It looks like in 1 of the 3 tax years needed to qualify for IB, there is not enough National Insurance conts are recorded - namely the 04/05.

Ask JCP to confrim this, and then ask your son to find his P60 for 04/05, and send a copy of it to JCP. HMRC may still be behind in putting everyone's 04/05 onto the NI records.

If 04/05 is correct, so is the IB rate of £61.35, as it would appear he only has paid enough NIC for tax years 05/06 and 06/07- assuming he claimed IB after 6/1/08.

Gold_Man

Hello,

There should be a premium on the benefits if you're getting DLA. Get advice from Welfare Rights Service !

Gold_Man

stazi

Gold_Man - there are no 'premiums' on IB- only Income Support

Gold_Man

Yes, there is, because I'm about to lose it when my DLA is stopped. I had this confirmed by a Social Worker today. Of course, I suppose even they (gasp!) could be wrong.

Gold_Man

sweetypie46

thankyou for your explanation, why didnt they tell us this?? he wasnt working for some of 04/05 and didnt sign on, he hasnt got his p60 for this year any other way to find this out ? its all very confusing at the mo i lost my 25% discount for council tax and get 15% instead now , if on income support i would get it how about incapacity? it is only myself and him in the house

cifpower

Gold_Man wrote: »

Yes, there is, because I'm about to lose it when my DLA is stopped. I had this confirmed by a Social Worker today. Of course, I suppose even they (gasp!) could be wrong.

Gold_Man

No there's not. I get IB and DLA. I only get IS as a top up because I have disability premiums.

Gareth56

cifpower wrote: »

No there's not. I get IB and DLA. I only get IS as a top up because I have disability premiums.

Just to reinforce that this is correct. There are no "premiums" added onto IB. The only add-ons are the age-addition and the adult dependancy addition.

NAF_3

Gold_Man wrote: »

Yes, there is, because I'm about to lose it when my DLA is stopped. I had this confirmed by a Social Worker today. Of course, I suppose even they (gasp!) could be wrong.

Gold_Man

There are definately no premiums on IB.

If you have a Credits Only claim with IB and receive Income Support as a result then you will lose the Premiums from the Income Support claim.