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Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance (IBSDA)
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Issue
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)
Where to find the data
Publisher
Neighbourhood Statistics
URL
Nomis data (most up to date)
https://
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http://83.244.183.180/
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Neighbourhood Statistics Data at LSOA and LAD level
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/
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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)
2010
Time coverage
1999 to 2010
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.
Notes on using
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