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Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance (IBSDA)

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Overview

Title

Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance (IBSDA)

Description

Persons unable to work due to illness or disability. Incapacity Benefit (IB) claimants are people who are assessed as being incapable of work and who meet the appropriate contribution conditions. The dataset also includes Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) claimants. SDA has not been available to new claimants since April 2001, and has been incorporated into the IB dataset statistics

Source

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Coverage

Geographic coverage

Great Britain

Geographic units

Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National

Time coverage (most recent)

2012

Time coverage

1999 to 2012

Update frequency

Quarterly

Data quality

Type of data

Administrative data

Reliability

Presented alongside Severe Disablement Allowance Claimants from 2003 onwards.

Additional information and context

Background information

Incapacity Benefit replaced Sickness and Invalidity Benefits from 13 April 1995. It is paid to people who are assessed as being incapable of work and who meet the appropriate contribution conditions.

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