Incapacity benefit...........Does it entitle you to housing and council tax benefit ?

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Right bit long winded but basically dp's g.p will not sign him off as fit for work as in his opinion he isn't and he can't see him ever being.

Dp the place he worked before to see of they could give him a job and they said possibly, but g.p says he still wouldn't sign as fit as in his opinion dp couldn't do the job without doing more damage.

So am trying not to panic but not getting very far.

G.p said he is going to advise current company medically dismiss dp and that he then should apply for incapacity benefit. Only thing is, no where on the internet can I find that it says we would get our rent and council tax paid. There is no way we could afford to pay it as all we'd be getting is CTC and the Incapacity which is either £59 or £77 a week.

Incapacity is counted as income when applying for tax credits so am panicking that if we do have to go down this route we are really in the shit.

All the sites just say if your on low income you might be entitled but then list, income support, DLA, and other benefits as ones allowing you to get HB but not Incapaxcity.

Am confused.

I think I have sussed that we would be entitled to HB and C/TaxB if he was claiming Incapacity and i was either not working or at college, because basically we'd only be getting that and CTC.

Once i went to uni we'd have to pay rent and council tax which of course is absolutly fine.

I realise that alot of people think that I should just get a job then but in reality I have no qualifications, and no real job experiance and so IMO i'd be better to go to college and then uni and get a good job.

Copied this from the directgov site -
You may get Disability Living Allowance if:

* you have a physical or mental disability, or both
* your disability is severe enough for you to need help caring for yourself or you have walking difficulties, or both
* you are under 65 when you claim

Disability Living Allowance has two parts called ‘components’:

* a care component – if you need help looking after yourself or supervision to keep you safe
* a mobility component – if you can’t walk or need help getting around

Some people will be entitled to receive just one component; others may get both.

The care component and mobility component are paid at different rates depending on how your disability affects you.

How it’s paid

nutty he willbe entitled. When you fill in the forms just remember to fill them in from view point of his worst day ever i.e not bending over needing help into bath or shower if that is appropriate..being up of a night with pain.

Benefits Enquiry Line 0800 99 22 00

Thanks Katemum. Dp has a meeting soon with the company he is employed by as they want to discuss what happens next.
If they medically dismiss him then he will have to apply for Incapacity.

Oh he has no pension with this company by the way. He had one when he worked at the factory years ago but I don't know what happens with that tbh.

Thanks for the advice, will show him this later.

Had to laugh at him today when he asked if we could make ds sit in the buggy round the shops so that he could lean on it