Benefits Check List
This check-list is intended as a quick guide to help you see which benefits you might be entitled to. It is not a guide to the benefits themselves - you will need to refer to the relevant factsheet for details on the benefit/s that are relevant to you.
|
Circumstance
|
Benefit
|
|
Incapable of
work |
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) |
| * after 28 weeks SSP, or not employed | Incapacity Benefit |
| * not enough NI contributions for incapacity benefit, and you're 80% disabled or incapable of work since before the age 20. | Severe
Disablement Allowance (As long as it has been paid before April 01) |
| * if you can't get any of these, or can but still do not have enough to live on | Income Support |
| Unemployed
or working less than 16 hrs a week * payable for 26 weeks if you've paid enough NI contributions; |
Contribution-based
jobseeker's allowance (JSA) |
| * if you've not paid enough NI contributions, or your contribution based Job Seekers Allowance has run out or is not enough to live on: | Income-based jobseeker's allowance |
| * if you don't have to sign on for work (eg you're incapable of work, disabled, a carer, single parent or 60 or over) and any income or savings are low | Income support |
| Working
at least 16 hours a week * you have a child |
Working families tax credit |
| * you have a disability and get a qualifying incapacity or disability benefit | Disabled persons tax credit |
| Disabled due to vaccine damage | vaccine damage payment |
| Help
with personal care * aged 65 or under when you claim |
Disability Living Allowance Care Component |
| * aged 65 or over when you claim | Attendance Allowance |
| * severely disabled and need help with personal care or household assistance | Independent Living Fund |
| Problems
with walking
* aged 65 or under
when you claim |
Disability
Living Allowance Mobility Component |
| * hire or buy a car using the mobility component | Motability |
| * if you get higher rate mobility component | Road Tax Exemption |
| * parking concessions | Blue Badge scheme |
| Caring
* you care for a
person at least 35 hours a week |
Invalid Care Allowance |
| If
you do not have enough to live on
* not working, or
working less than 16 hours |
Income
Support
income-based
jobseeker's allowance |
| * working at least 16 hours a week and have a child | Working Families Tax Credit |
| * disabled and working 16 hours or more a week | Disabled Persons Tax Credit |
| * paying rent for your home | Housing Benefit |
| * paying council tax | Council Tax Benefit |
| If
you have needs difficult to meet out of regular income
* if you get income
support or income-based jobseeker's allowance |
social fund community care grant |
| * if you've had income support or income-based jobseeker's allowance for at least 26 weeks | social fund budgeting loan |
| * following emergency or disaster | social fund crisis loan |
