Incapacity benefits: reassessing claims: guidance for advisers and intermediaries

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Protecting benefit rates at the point of change: IB reassessment

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Overseas claimants: IB reassessment

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This page provides guidance for advisers and intermediaries. We鈥檝e published separate information about Employment and Support Allowance for claimants

We are reassessing the claims of people who receive Income Support paid on the grounds of illness or disability, Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance. These benefits are being phased out and we need to see if people who have been receiving them are entitled to ESA.

Published 5 April 2013

Last updated 27 February 2020 show all updates

27 February 2020
Updated the guidance on 'Protecting benefit rates at the point of change' as entitlement to transitional addition will no longer automatically end on 5 April 2020.
5 April 2013
First published.

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