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Meaning of "incapacity benefit" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCAPACITY BENEFIT

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Incapacity benefit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INCAPACITY BENEFIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Incapacity Benefit

Incapacity Benefit was a United Kingdom state benefit that was paid between 1995 and 2014. The benefit was paid to those below the State Pension age who could not work because of illness or disability and had made National insurance contributions. It was administered by Jobcentre Plus. The benefit began to be phased out when the Welfare Reform Act 2007 introduced Employment and Support Allowance as a replacement benefit in 2008. Declining numbers of claimants continued to receive the benefit until 2014.

Definition of incapacity benefit in the English dictionary

The definition of incapacity benefit in the dictionary is a regular government payment made to people who are unable to work for an extended period through disability.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCAPACITY BENEFIT

incapability
incapable
incapableness
incapably
incapacious
incapaciousness
incapacitant
incapacitate
incapacitated
incapacitating
incapacitation
incapacities
incapacity
Incaparina
incapsulate
incapsulation
incarcerate
incarceration
incarcerator
incardinate

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCAPACITY BENEFIT

benefit
child benefit
cost-benefit
death benefit
defined-benefit
disablement benefit
disbenefit
Earnings Related Benefit
fringe benefit
housing benefit
injury benefit
invalidity benefit
maternity benefit
refit
retirement benefit
sickness benefit
single parent benefit
standard housing benefit
supplementary benefit
unemployment benefit
widow´s benefit

Synonyms and antonyms of incapacity benefit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «incapacity benefit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCAPACITY BENEFIT

Find out the translation of incapacity benefit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incapacity benefit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incapacity benefit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丧失工作能力福利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prestación por incapacidad
570 millions of speakers

English

incapacity benefit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अक्षमता लाभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فائدة العجز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пособия по нетрудоспособности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prestação de incapacidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অক্ষমতা বেনিফিট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prestations d´incapacité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Faedah ketidakupayaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arbeitsunfähigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

就労不能給付
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장해 급여
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entuk manfaat ora duwe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi ích không đủ năng lực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயலாமை நன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असमर्थता लाभ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iş göremezlik yararı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indennità per inabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świadczenie z tytułu niezdolności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

допомоги з непрацездатності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prestație de incapacitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίδομα ανικανότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ongeskiktheidsvoordeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetsoförmåga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inhabilitet fordel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incapacity benefit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCAPACITY BENEFIT»

The term «incapacity benefit» is regularly used and occupies the 81.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCAPACITY BENEFIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incapacity benefit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCAPACITY BENEFIT»

Discover the use of incapacity benefit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incapacity benefit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The role of incapacity benefit reassessment in helping ...
The Work and Pensions Committee supports the Government's objectives for the incapacity benefit (IB) reassessment, which are to help people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to move back into employment, while continuing to ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee, 2011
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Budget Measures and Low-income Households: Thirteenth Report ...
People on incapacity benefit 57. Incapacity Benefit is a taxable benefit, once the first 28 weeks of benefit have been paid, or if the benefit was payable for a period of incapacity which began before l3 April 1995, and for which Invalidity Benefit ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee, 2008
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Reported Decisions of the Social Security and Child Support ...
The decision-maker was right in law to use the amount of the claimant's occupational pension gross of tax in calculating the abatement of his incapacity benefit. I must therefore dismiss the appeal. 2. I am setting out my reasons at some length.
Great Britain: Office of the Social Security and Child Support Commissioners, Great Britain: Department for Constitutional Affairs, 2006
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A Generation of Change, a Lifetime of Difference: Social ...
Social Policy in Britain Since 1979 Martin Evans, Lewis Williams. of a disability benefit as opposed to an incapacity benefit; we return to discuss subsequent developments in the next chapter. Invalidity Benefit continued throughout the 1980s ...
Martin Evans, Lewis Williams, 2009
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Between Soft and Hard Law: The Impact of International ...
Insurance for the whole working population was introduced by the National Insurance Act of 1946. Today the UK meets its responsibilities under Part III through Short Term Incapacity Benefit. Incapacity Benefit replaced Sickness and Invalidity ...
Frans Pennings, 2006
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Social Policy Review 18: Analysis and Debate in Social ...
There were eight people over the age of 50 dependent on Incapacity Benefit for every one registered unemployed. There were (and are) more over-50s on Incapacity Benefit than on the entire unemployment register. It is symptomatic that  ...
Linda Bauld, Karen Clarke, Tony Maltby
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Incapacity Benefits and Pathways to Work: Third Report of ...
Table 1: Destinations of claimants leaving Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance Source: Information Directorate, 5 percent, samples ( terminations dataset). (1)B/SDA claims ending in the last 6 months includes IB/ SDA claims ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee, 2006
8
Globalisation and Its Impact on Wales: Oral and written evidence
We know that if people are left on incapacity benefit for too long, even two years, the likelihood is that they will stay on that, that is why the efforts we are making on pathways to work, the changes we are making in terms of incapacity benefit are ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee, 2009
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Living with Dyspraxia: A Guide for Adults with Developmental ...
Incapacity Benefit This benefit was introduced in 1995 for people under pensionable age who are unable to work because of illness or disability. To obtain this benefit you will undergo various tests, question- naires and interviews. In April ...
Mary Colley, 2006
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Vocational Rehabilitation
After a maximum of 28 weeks on this, if the employee remains absent on sickness grounds, they may transfer to a longer term benefit, Incapacity Benefit. Depending on the worker's circumstances these may be more beneficial than Statutory ...
Charles Gobelet, Franco Franchignoni, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCAPACITY BENEFIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incapacity benefit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sheila Gilmore :Employment and Support Allowance - Another …
Incapacity Benefit was used to deal with the problem of those displaced from industries like coal, textiles and steel during the 1980s. «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
2
There are limits to our empathy – and George Osborne knows it …
They are gambling that Britons have empathy for pensioners and underpaid over-25s, but little for the young, for those on incapacity benefit, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Two feasible ways to implement a revenue neutral Citizen's Income …
Incapacity Benefit, Contributory ESA and Child Benefit are removed from non-means-tested benefits (except that in the second scheme Child ... «Basic Income News, Jul 15»
4
Budget 2015: George Osborne's failure to invest in the lives of …
But he chose to remove the disability element of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), which used to be incapacity benefit. I received ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: what welfare changes did George Osborne announce …
The ESA is the benefit that replaced the Incapacity Benefit, and provides for people who are ill or disabled and unable to work. There are two ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: have benefits really increased faster than wages?
... 2008 to £73.10 this year – a rise of 21%. Incapacity benefit has risen by about 25%, from £63.75 a week in 2008 to £79.45 a week this year. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Derry pilot project tabled as sick claims reach 3000 a year
Derry & Strabane Council is considering whether to back a new pilot initiative offering early intervention to Incapacity Benefit claimants as it ... «Derry Journal, Jul 15»
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Budget 2015: George Osborne's speech in full
The Employment and Support Allowance was supposed to end some of the perverse incentives in the old Incapacity Benefit. Instead it has ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Backseat budget
Incapacity benefit must be limited to the unfit, housing benefit reined in, a regional welfare cap introduced and our vast public sector wage bill ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
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Many 'benefits scroungers' are hard working people you rely on for …
But incapacity benefit reform is driven by budget cuts, with decentralisation of budgets masking the reality of 20% cuts under the banner of ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Incapacity benefit [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/incapacity-benefit>. May 2024 ».
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