Incapacity Benefit - for People Incapacitated in YouthFrom 27 October 2008 Employment and Support Allowance will apply to new customers replacing Incapacity Benefit and Income Support (paid on incapacity grounds). Existing customers will initially continue to receive their existing benefits so long as they continue to satisfy the entitlement conditions.
People under 25 who are incapacitated may be able to qualify for Incapacity Benefit without having to satisfy the normal contribution conditions.
If you are an existing customer you will continue to remain on Severe Disablement Allowance as long as you continue to satisfy the Severe Disablement Allowance entitlement conditions and your Period of Incapacity for Work remains unbroken.
On 6th April 2002 all existing Severe Disablement Allowance customers who were under the age of 20 on 6th April 2001 transferred on to long-term Incapacity Benefit.
Young people, aged 16 to 19, who are incapacitated may be able to qualify for Incapacity Benefit without having to satisfy the normal contribution conditions.
Young people aged 20 to 24 may also qualify if they were in education or training for three months immediately before they attained the age of 20 years.
To qualify for Incapacity Benefit a young person:
(a)must be aged 16 and under 20; and
must have been incapable of work for a continuous period of at least 196 days, one day of which must fall before their 20th Birthday and have made a claim before reaching the age of 20.
must not be in full time education;
Or
(b)can be aged 20 to 24; and
must have been incapable of work for a continuous period of at least 196 days, one day of which must fall before their 25th birthday.
must have made a claim before reaching the age of 25.
must have been registered on a course of:
(i) full time advanced or secondary education; or
(ii) vocational or work based training;
for at least 3 months before he/she attained the age of 20 years and have attended a course for a period which began on or before a day, at least 3 months before reaching age 20; and ended either:
(a)immediately before the day from which Incapacity Benefit is payable;
Or,
(b)within one of the last 2 relevant income tax years.
NB. A person is treated as having attended a course for any day in which it is interrupted by illness or domestic emergency.
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