Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) is for people who are disabled because of an accident at work, or who have certain diseases caused by their work (but not if this is self-employment) IIDB is a no fault scheme paid by Department for Work and Pensions. 1.
All Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefits, except Industrial Death Benefit, are tax free. They are payable in addition to other incapacity and disability benefits but taken into account against income-related benefits. The Industrial Injuries Scheme Benefits are: Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
It applies to most people aged 16 or over who have not reached State Pension age. Some individual benefits are not affected, but it may affect the total amount of benefit you get.
IIDB won't affect other benefits – for example you can get IIDB at the same time as Personal Independence Payments (PIP) or Attendance Allowance. If you or your partner get IIDB, you won't be affected by the 'benefit cap' which limits the amount of benefit payments a household can get.
PIP payment applications stop at the time you reach the State Pension age, which is currently 65-years-old. However, if you start receiving PIP payments before State Pension age, the payments will continue indefinitely.
You may get these benefits in addition to Universal Credit but they will affect the amount of UC you receive: Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. Jobseeker's Allowance (new style)
The level of your disability will affect the amount of benefit you may get. This will be assessed by a 'medical advisor' on a scale of 1 to 100%. Normally you must be assessed as 14% disabled or more to get the benefit.
What you'll get.
| Assessed level of disablement | Weekly amount |
|---|
| 100% | £182.90 |
| 90% | £164.61 |
| 80% | £146.32 |
| 70% | £128.03 |
If your occupation has contributed to your osteoarthritis diagnosis, you may have an industrial disease claim.
Average personal injury claim duration table
| Personal injury claim type | Average claim duration |
|---|
| Work accident claims | 6 to 9 months |
| Medical negligence claims | 12 to 36 months |
| Industrial disease claims | 12 to 18 months |
| Public place or occupiers' liability claims | 6 to 9 months |
Industrial Death Benefit (or an Industrial Death Benefit Pension) is money paid by the state to the widow, widower or dependents of someone who died due to certain kinds of industrial accident or illness. In these cases certain other benefits may apply, such as National Insurance Widow's Benefit.
Some examples of common industrial diseases include: Hand-arm vibration conditions such as Vibration White Finger or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Hearing loss, tinnitus and industrial deafness. Occupational cancers caused by chemicals and dust.
If you are injured in any accident while you are at work, you may be eligible to file an industrial injury compensation claim. Industrial injuries compensation ensures that workers are financially compensated when they are injured in a workplace accident that is due to no fault of theirs.
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) recognises that such a specific event at work can be so defined. The victim Page 2 Stress as an industrial injury – UCU factsheet 2 has to show that it was the event or even a series of events, not a cumulative process that led to their absence from work.
What are the PIP payment rates?
- Daily living - standard rate: £59.70 (£60.00 from April 12)
- Daily living - enhanced rate: £89.15 (£89.60 from April 12)
- Mobility - standard rate: £23.60 (£23.70 from April 12)
- Mobility - enhanced rate: £62.25 (£62.55 from April 12)
Incapacity Benefit is being replaced with Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). You'll be reassessed if you're already claiming Incapacity Benefit, to decide if you're capable of work or eligible for ESA .
Often insurance companies will deliver an offer in response to a settlement demand between three days and three weeks. The time difference will depend on the reasons behind your compensation requests and if it includes non-economic damages.
However, the reasonable band of timescales for provision of a report after a medical examination probably ranges from about 6 to 10 weeks. You would expect that, once the insurers receive any medical report, they should be in a position to make a settlement offer to you within four weeks or so.
You might be able to claim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), paid by your employer. If this has run out, or you can't claim it, you might be able to claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Universal Credit, and other benefits.
If you are too sick to work, you should claim employment and support allowance. You could also claim housing benefit to help with your rent. If you leave work and are turned down for employment and support allowance you could claim jobseeker's allowance or universal credit instead.
If you have any questions about Industrial Injuries Disablement benefit please phone 0800 121 8379.
You can download a claim form from the GOV.UK website, or ask for a claim form in the post by contacting the Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) Centre: Telephone. 0800 121 8379. Textphone.
You can get Attendance Allowance if you've reached State Pension age and the following apply: you have a physical disability (including sensory disability, for example blindness), a mental disability (including learning difficulties), or both.
How IIDB is Calculated. The amount of benefit you may receive will be determined by the level of your disability, which will be assessed by a medical advisor. They will measure your condition on a scale of 1 to 100%. A person must usually be assessed at 14% disabled at least in order to receive payment.
Disablement Benefit, Incapacity Supplement and Constant Attendance Allowance are taxable sources of income but you are unlikely to pay tax if they are your only income. Disablement Gratuity is not taxable.
Vibration White Finger (VWF) is the most commonly prescribed disease under the Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit (IIDB) scheme for the last ten years, this is shown in Table IIDB02.
The weekly rate for the mobility part of PIP is either £23.70 or £62.55.
To be eligible for PIP you must be aged between 16 and your State Pension age. You can check your State Pension age on GOV.UK. You must also: find it hard to do everyday tasks or get around because of a physical or mental condition - you can make a claim whether you get help from another person or not.
Introduction. The Occupational Injuries Scheme provides benefits for people injured or incapacitated by an accident at work or while travelling directly to or from work. The scheme also covers people who have contracted a disease as a result of the type of work they do.
