Alcoholic claiming any benefit payments?

[PatriciaH]

What and can an alcoholic claim in the way of money as they cant work due to the drinking..?

[Doc Spock]

I am very interested in this topic and can't wait for replies, large. rum n coke for me btw.

[Doc Spock]

Why are you not drawing, schuuuush dont give game away.

[dot.hawkes]

i don't think it matters what the debilitating condition is, as long as there is a statutory sicknote issued by a GP the person can claim any benefit available in their particular circumstances.

[PatriciaH]

Lol @ spock! this q is for someone i know and i am trying to help them

[Doc Spock]

good answer dot. A sicknote is a sicknote. Pass the bottle, hick.

[cazzz1975]

wouldnt it be incapacity benefit??

[stokemaveric]

alcoholism is an illness so yes i guess it would be incapacity benefit and all the perks that come with it ie council tax benefits,rent paid, i think im doing something wrong by being self supporting if it is a genuine claim and someone is ill then yes they deserve help but there are to many people faking illness these are the ones that need weeding out and not allowed to claim anything ever again.by the way mines a pint lol

[dot.hawkes]

If someone is in full time employment though, they would get statutory sick pay from their employer as long as they had a sick note to cover the time off. If they have a mortgage there is a huge delay in paying any housing benefit though

[THECORBYLOON]

They can claim Incapacity Benefit as can any other person who is incapable of work. There is no automatic entitlement to Council Tax Benefit or Housing Benefit. They may have problems wi mobility or personal care so Disability Living Allowance could be also claimed. There is also the possibility they could claim Income Support.

[sleepy1]

yes very odd that you drink so much you cant work so they gie you more money to but more drink ..............is that the same with food ? to big to work ?

[pussnboots]

Hiya PatH, my daughter lives next door to a couple of men both in their late forties, they are both alcoholics and get benefits, she knows this because once or twice their giros have come to her address by mistake, she didn't open them, but knew what they were. Plus the fact they are always at home sleeping till midday and off round the pub at 5pm ish, then back in the garden all night. The worrying thing is they both have powerfull motor bikes which they go out on obviously still tanked up. Ahh well there you go. I'm all for people who have an illness or disability getting all the help they can get ( there for the grace of God and all that ) but if people have an alcohol problem then surely they need help in the way of rehabilitation and not just picking up a giro every week to spend in the local Booze Buster.

[PatriciaH]

Hi puss,Thanks for all the answers folks.. : ) Hi puss i know what you mean about scroungers whether it be from an illness like this post is about ,or benefit scroungers which ive posted before and got shot down in flames ... so il not go there..



Sleepy- my husband used to work with a guy and his wife ate so much and got so big she could hardly walk, she eventually got mobility allowance , eating yourself to an early grave is an illness i think

[THECORBYLOON]

If yir daughter's neighbours are getting Incapacity Benefit then they have paid their National Insurance contributions and are entitled to it like others who have worked and paid contributions.

[PatriciaH]

Yes but... what if they havent worked for years and years? we dont know that do we? There are so many lazy barstools around....

[THECORBYLOON]

The first word I used was "If."

[pussnboots]

THECORBYLOON. I have no ploblem at all that they get incapacity benefit they may have paid into the system I don't know. Can I just say that for 5 years I nursed my husband after a very severe stroke, he would never get better and yes he received benefits, but the men I am refereing to have been to my knowledge drinking themselves stupid for at least 8 years and not making any effort to stop. They need help, I know that, but are not making any effort to do this. This was my first husband bye the way, just in case anyone is confused.