incapacity benefit

[stevenM20]

hy guys ,i have found out i am entitled to incapacity benefit .my wife left me back in march but due to my ill health she wants to make a go of it and move back in .this is great but as she works 25 hrs a week ,will i still be entitled to this benefit ?i dont claim any other benefit or counciltax rebates .thanks

[themas]

Incapacity Benefit depends on your National Insurance contribution record. If your record is OK (rules are quite complex but broadly, if you have worked & paid NI for the last few years then you should be OK) & you are sick & unable to work then you have an entitlement, provided you are not still employed and on Statutory Sick Pay.

This is not means tested, & your wife coming to live with you will have no effect on it.

[Ethel]

themas is correct - Incapacity Benefit is not means tested and your wife's income will have no effect on it whatsoever.

Good luck.

[stevenM20]

thanks guys