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Number of children aged 0-4 living in Incapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement Allowance claimant households
(5606)
Metric type
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- This is the number of children aged 0-4 living in households where at least one parent or guardian claimed Incapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement Allowance at 31st May each year.
Incapacity Benefit (IB) replaced Sickness Benefit and Invalidity Benefit from 13 April 1995. It is paid to people who are assessed as being incapable of work and who meet certain contribution conditions. Assessment is through the Personal Capability Assessment (PCA) which measures the claimant's ability to perform a range of everyday activities. Starting in October 2010 (in trial areas), most claimants who receive IB, SDA and IS paid on the grounds of illness or disability will be assessed to see if they qualify for ESA.
Until April 2001, people who were incapable of work and did not satisfy the contribution conditions for IB could claim SDA. People had to be aged between 16 and 65 when they made their claim. There is no upper age limit for receiving the allowance once it has been awarded. People had to have been incapable of work for at least 28 weeks. Anyone who became incapable of work before their 20th birthday could qualify on this basis alone. People who became incapable of work after their 20th birthday also had to prove they had been 80% disabled for at least 28 weeks. Starting in October 2010 (in trial areas), most claimants who receive IB, SDA and IS paid on the grounds of illness or disability will be assessed to see if they qualify for ESA.
These statistics have been derived by matching DWP out-of-work benefit data with HMRC Child Benefit data. Children are matched through the Child Benefit claimant or partner records to DWP benefit claimants.
In 2012, the unavailability of a Child Benefit scan led to a slight change in methodology to enable production of the 2012 tables. DWP do not expect this to have an impact on outputs, however, please be aware of this when making time-series comparisons.
Data are rounded to the nearest ten for larger geographical areas. For smaller geographies such as Ward and Lower Layer Super Output Area, figures are independently rounded to five. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
- Modified
- 11 Nov 2020
- Data last updated
- 23 Jun 2022
- Short label
- Number of children aged 0-4 in IB or SDA benefit households
- Status
- Discontinued
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Children living in IB or SDA claimant households
- Dataset
- Number of Children living in Incapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement Allowance Claimant Households
- Source
- Department for Work and Pensions
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