Incapacity Benefit Question?

msampson

hope someone can help me as i was to undertand that the new benefit that was to replace ib was to srat in oct 2010 but i was told that this has been changed and current ib claments it wont change till 2014/2015?

thanks for nay help anyone can give me,

seven-day-weekend

I read today in a Benefits and Work e-mail that existing IB claimants will not change over to the new one until 2014 but will still have to pass the Personal Capability Test.

My husband goes onto his Retirement Pension in 2014, so good news for him, at least.

msampson

cheers alot for that reply which is great.:T

[Deleted User]

yes i also read that email from benefits and work,BUT it also explains that all those on I/B will still have to take the new work capabilty test which will replace the existing PCA,however even if you pass the wct you will still stay on I/B,also there will be no compulsion for existing I/B claimants to join in pathways to work and attend work focused interviews and draw up job action plans.
There is a downside to this however,if I/B is the only benefit you get,i.e its not topped up with other means tested benefits,then you will lose out as ESA pays more for most claimants than I/B

zzzLazyDaisy

woodbine wrote: »

There is a downside to this however,if I/B is the only benefit you get,i.e its not topped up with other means tested benefits,then you will lose out as ESA pays more for most claimants than I/B

Yes, I read that too.

I am on IB/DLA, no other benefits. I get HRC/HRM DLA so would almost certainly fall into the 'Support Group' which will receive a significantly higher rate of benefit than people in the same position on IB. That creates two classes of disabled people, and seems to me to be totally unfair.