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This is one of several guides that give detailed information about social security benefits.
It is intended for professional advisers and members of the public who want to know more about benefits for people who are disabled as a result of injuries or diseases arising from work.
The guide gives a detailed explanation about benefits for people who are disabled as a result of accidents or diseases arising from work. It cannot cover every situation or problem, or provide a full interpretation of the rules in all cases. So it must not be treated as a complete and authoritative statement of the law.
The basis of the law for these benefits is contained in the Social Security Act 1998, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992. These Acts provide the framework for the detailed rules contained in regulations and orders made by the Secretary of State and approved by Parliament.
In the text there are references to the relevant Acts, Regulations or Schedules to allow you to consult the legislation. These documents are listed in further information which tells you where you can consult them.
The Industrial Injuries Scheme provides non-contributory no-fault benefits for disablement because of an accident at work, or because of one of over 70 prescribed diseases known to be a risk from certain jobs. The scheme also covers people working on approved employment training schemes or courses. (See Appendix 1 for a list of the prescribed diseases.) The benefits payable under the scheme are known as Industrial Injuries Scheme Benefits (IISB).
Benefits are paid to employees who were employed earners at the time of the accident or when they contracted a prescribed disease, or to people who were working on an approved employment training scheme or course. (Legislation (1) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 2(1)(a))
Accidents or diseases which arise out of self-employment or service in HM forces are not included in the scheme. (Legislation (2) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 2(1)(b)) (Legislation (3) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 115)
The Home Office has a similar scheme for prisoners.
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:
If you wish to claim for any of these benefits but you are unable to act for yourself because of physical or mental incapacity, the Secretary of State can appoint someone to act on your behalf. If this happens, the person appointed is responsible for dealing with all your social security affairs, including claiming and receiving benefits. They are also responsible for notifying any changes of circumstances which may affect your benefit. (Legislation (4) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 33)
If you are able to handle your own affairs but want someone else to collect your benefit for you regularly, you may be able to make arrangements with your bank, building society or the Post Office®. Please ask them to help you with this. (Legislation (5) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 20A(4)(b))
If someone who has not claimed Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit dies, but they would have qualified for this benefit, a claim can be made on their behalf, for example by a widow or surviving civil partner. (Legislation (6) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 30(5))
If someone who has claimed Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit dies, any outstanding benefit can be paid to a third party, for example an executor or next of kin. (Legislation (7) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 30(2))
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is a weekly benefit paid to people who become disabled because of an accident at work or due to certain prescribed diseases caused by their job, or whilst working on an approved employment training scheme or course. See Appendix 1 for a list of prescribed diseases.
The amount you get depends on how badly you are disabled as a result of the industrial injury or disease.
Only employed earners, or people who can be treated as employed earners, are covered by the Industrial Injuries Scheme, or people who were on an approved employment training scheme or course when the accident or event happened. (Legislation (8) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 94 –accidents) (Legislation (9) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 108 –prescribed diseases)
An employed earner is a person who is gainfully employed in Great Britain either under a contract of service or is an office holder (for example, a company director). (Legislation (10) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 2(1)(a))
Some people who are not employed earners are treated as though they were for the purposes of the scheme, for example:
You do not need to have paid any NI contributions in order to claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
If your accident or disease is caused by self-employed work or employment not treated as employed earner’s employment, you are not covered by the scheme.
You cannot get industrial injuries benefits for accidents which occur or diseases contracted while serving in HM forces. You may be able to get compensation through the War Pensions Scheme or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. (Legislation (12) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 115(2))
If you are not sure whether you are covered you can contact Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre on 0800 121 8379.
The decision maker will give an informal opinion on employed earner’s employment and if it is accepted that the employment is as an employed earner no further question on employment status arises.
If it is not accepted that the employment is as an employed earner, any claim to benefit will be disallowed. If you dispute a disallowance, your papers will be sent to the Inland Revenue for a formal decision on employed earner’s employment.
You must normally have had the accident or got the disease in Great Britain, but you may still get benefit if:
Read guidance on how entitlement to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may be affected if you move to an EEA country or Switzerland from 1 January 2021.
Obtain a claim form from Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre. They can be contacted on 0800 121 8379. You can also download the forms from the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit guide.
If you think you have a disease caused by your job or whilst working on an approved employment training scheme or course claim Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit straight away.
If you have an accident, claim 2 months after the accident. This is because you cannot get benefit for the first 15 weeks (90 days not including Sundays) after your accident and you will not normally be medically examined until after this time.
If you have any relevant medical evidence, or a copy of your accident report, send it with your claim form but do not delay claiming by trying to get a fresh report.
Do not delay claiming. If you do you may lose some benefits. This is because Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit cannot be paid:
The date of your claim is the date your fully completed claim form is received by an office of the DWP. It is very important that you fill in all the details on the form carefully and return it to us as soon as possible. Details of where to send your claim form are in the BI100A Notes. (Legislation (19) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 6)
If you want help filling in your claim form, contact Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre on 0800 121 8379.
An ‘accident’ for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit purposes means any unintended happening or incident at work that has arisen out of and in the course of your employment, or whilst on an approved employment training scheme or course and has resulted in a personal injury.
It must have arisen from employed earner’s employment, or whilst on an approved employment training scheme or course. (Legislation (20) - SS Act 1998 sec 29 6(b))
You can only get benefit if the accident results in personal injury (also described as loss of faculty). It does not matter if the effect of the injury is immediate (for example, if you break your leg in a fall) or is delayed (for example, a blow to the knee which leads to impaired mobility at a later time). Generally an accident which happens when you are at work is accepted as having happened as a result of your work, unless there is some evidence that this is not so. Whether or not you are considered to be at work at a particular time depends on the circumstances in each case. For example, you cannot normally be regarded as being at work when you are travelling to or from work, but you may be if you are in transport provided by your employer. (Legislation (21) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 99)
An accident can be treated as having happened when you were at work and as a result of your work if it occurred in any of the situations below:
If you were doing something which your employer does not allow you to do, or the rules for your job do not allow you to do, the accident may still be treated as having happened during, and as a result of your work, if what you were doing was done for the purpose of your employer’s business and was within the scope of your job.
In some other unusual cases, such as ‘skylarking’ by workmates, an accident can be covered if it happens through no fault of your own while you are at work.
Do not delay in making a claim if you think you may be entitled to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit as a result of your accident.
If you have any relevant medical evidence send it with your claim form but do not delay claiming by trying to get a fresh report.
Do not delay claiming. If you do you may lose some benefits. This is because Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit cannot be paid:
Obtain a claim form BI100A from Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre. You can also download the forms from the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit guide.
The date of your claim is the date your fully completed claim form is received in an office of the DWP. It is very important that you carefully fill in all the details on the form and return it to us as soon as possible. Details of where to send your claim form are in the BI100 Notes. (Legislation (28) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 6)
Once we have received your application, you will be sent a written acknowledgement. They will normally write to your employer/training scheme provider to verify the accident.
Confirmation is needed of the following:
The accident must have happened in the course of your employment while you were doing anything which: (Legislation (25) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 94–101)
Once the decision maker has accepted that you have suffered an industrial accident, you will then be asked to attend a medical examination. (Legislation (29) - SS Act 1998 sec 19(1))
If you are asked to attend a medical examination and you fail to turn up without good cause, your claim will be disallowed. (Legislation (30) - SS Act 1998 sec 19(3))
Your medical examination will be carried out by 1 or possibly 2 experienced medical practitioners.
These doctors are specially trained in industrial injuries disablement matters.
If you can travel, you will be told when and where to go for the examination. You will be told what out-of-pocket expenses you can claim. If you are not fit to travel alone, someone can travel with you. (Legislation (31) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 26)
If you are not fit to travel, you can also request an examination at home. You should give full details of why you are unable to attend at a Medical Boarding Centre.
The medical examination will be held in private but you may be able to take a companion if the doctor allows it. Occasionally you may be asked if an observer can be present.
You can give the doctor any evidence which was not included with your claim form, if you think it will help them to give an opinion on your disablement.
If you have attended a hospital following an industrial accident, the doctor may seek further information from the hospital. Hospital case notes may be requested by the doctor to assist in giving an opinion.
The doctor could also ask for a report from your GP.
The doctor will take a statement from you and send a written report to the decision maker based upon the examination and any other medical evidence. The doctor will give an opinion on whether you have suffered a loss of faculty as a result of the accident and, if so, advise on the level of your disablement and how long it is expected to last. The doctor will also provide an explanation for the decision maker about how they arrived at that opinion.
Loss of physical or mental faculty means some loss of power or function of an organ of the body. Loss of faculty can include disfigurement even when this causes no bodily handicap. Whether a loss of faculty results in disability is decided by comparing your condition as a result of the accident with the condition of a normal healthy person of the same age and sex. (Legislation (32) - Commissioners Decisions R(I)7/67 and R(I)1/81)
Your disablement is assessed as a percentage up to 100%.
The degree of disablement for certain defined injuries is laid down in the Regulations. For example, for serious disablement such as loss of both hands or loss of sight the degree of disablement is 100%, for the loss of one hand it is normally 60%, and for the loss of an index finger it is usually 14%. The percentages listed in Regulations for different disablements is in Appendix 2. (Legislation (33) - SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 Sched 2)
The degree of disablement for injuries not listed in the Regulations is arrived at by comparing them with these standards.
The medical advice or assessment takes account of all disabilities resulting from the industrial accident. Where your disability also results from some other cause which arose before the accident, the degree of disablement which would in any event be present due to that other cause is not counted, but the interaction between the 2 causes is included in the assessment.
For example, a miner who has had considerable trouble with his back for many years and who is known to have lumbar spondylosis, injures his back lifting a heavy weight at work.
The doctor considers a gross assessment of disablement for injury to the spine and deducts an amount for the disablement already present due to the earlier back problems. (Legislation (34) - SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 reg 11)
If your disablement is 11% or more, and some other condition arises after the accident but is not directly caused by it, any increase in your disablement due to the accident as a result of that other cause is also used to work out your disablement.
For example, a man fractured his left forearm in a fall at work. After the industrial accident he was involved in a traffic accident and fractured his left collar bone.
The doctor considers an assessment of disablement for injury to the forearm and if that assessment is over 11% the doctor adds a further assessment for the extent that the later fracture increases the man’s disability.
You may be given a ‘final’ assessment of disablement for life if your disability is assessed as permanent and is unlikely to change. Or where you are likely to make a full recovery the assessment may be final but for a limited period. Or you may be given a provisional assessment for a limited period at the end of which you will be re-examined and your disablement assessed again. (Legislation (35) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 6(2))
After the medical examination, your claim will be decided by a decision maker. The decision maker will look at the doctor’s advice and any other available evidence.
We will write to tell you the decision on your claim, the amount of any benefit you will get and the period for which you will receive benefit.
The decision only takes account of your physical or mental condition. Basic Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is not affected by what type of job you do or any loss of earnings. It can be paid whether or not you have returned to work and it does not depend on your earnings.
Loss of earnings and other circumstances may, however, mean you can get one or more of the other benefits described later in this guide.
See NI260 – A guide to Revision, Supersession and Appeal.
The amount of benefit you get depends on how badly you are disabled by the accident.
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit cannot be paid for the first 15 weeks (90 days not including Sundays) after the date of your accident. (Legislation (36) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(6))
You will not get benefit if your disablement is assessed at less than 14%. (Legislation (37) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(1))
But you may be able to get benefit if you have had more than one accident or disease and the total disablement, when the effects of all the accidents and diseases are added together, is 14% or more. This is known as aggregation. (Legislation (38) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(2))
If your disablement is at least 14% your benefit will be paid as a weekly pension.
The following table provides a breakdown of the percentage assessment and percentage payable:
The maximum rate payable for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is 100% even if you have several assessments which add up to over 100%.
For current rates see benefit and pension rates (PDF, 210KB).
Our policy is to pay all benefits directly into an account.
This is the safest way to pay you and lets you choose how and when you get your money. You can use a bank or building society.
You may be able to use a cash machine, which will usually mean you can get your money at any time of the day or night.
There are arrangements with banks and building societies so that you can collect cash from some of their accounts at your Post Office® branch.
The Post Office® also provides a bank account that we can pay benefits into. With this account you can only collect your money in cash from Post Office® branches.
The other advantages of having your money paid into an account are:
The account can be in:
Benefit is paid either every 4 weeks, every 13 weeks or every week.
If you have a bank or building society account but you do not wish to use it, for example a joint account, any bank or building society will help you open an account that suits you better. Remember to ask whether their accounts allow you to get your money from the Post Office®, if this is important to you.
If you have had problems opening a current account, or if you are worried about being overdrawn, you could ask any bank or building society about opening a basic bank account.
These are sometimes called introductory or starter accounts and are available from all major banks.
These accounts offer free banking but overdrafts are not available.
You can use these accounts to pay money in, pay bills automatically and get cash out.
Many basic bank accounts also allow you to get cash from Post Offices®.
A decision can be looked at again at any time if your condition has changed.
If the condition improves you must tell us straight away.
If you feel your condition has got worse and you want us to have another look at the decision, complete and return form BI168, which you can get from Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre.
If you are receiving Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit you must also tell us if you:
(Legislation (40) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 32)
If you leave the country, Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is payable while you are away.
For further details please read the how you are paid paragraphs of this guide. (Legislation (41) - SSB (PA) Regs 1975 reg 9)
If you intend to be away for more than 3 months, payment of your benefit will be made by the International Pensions Centre (IPC).
You will be asked how you want your payments to be made while you are away. You can choose between:
You must let us know when you return to the UK.
If you go into prison, you must let us know the date you were admitted.
Payment of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is suspended during any period of imprisonment.
When you are released let us know the date. Arrears of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may be paid for the period of imprisonment subject to a maximum of one year’s benefit. (Legislation (42) - SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1987 reg 2(6) & 2(7))
If you die, someone should let us know straight away.
Your basic Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit does not affect any other National Insurance benefits such as:
But Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may affect income-related benefits that you or your partner receive such as:
You will have to contact your local authority to confirm if any reduction you or your partner receive in your council tax bill is affected.
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may also affect how much War Pension you get, if you are entitled to both.
The law provides for payment of benefits to people who are suffering from certain diseases contracted in the course of certain types of employment or whilst working on an approved employment training scheme or course. These diseases are referred to as prescribed diseases (PDs) and are listed in Regulations. (Legislation (43) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 108(1)) (Legislation (44) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 Sched 1)
A disease or injury is prescribed when it is a risk arising from a person’s occupation and not a risk common to everybody. The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) makes recommendations to the Secretary of State on what diseases the Industrial Injuries Scheme covers. (Legislation (45) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 108(2))
IIAC will only recommend that a disease be added to the list of diseases covered if it finds that the disease is a risk of nature of the occupation. There is no entitlement to benefit in respect of a disease if it is not listed in the Regulations, or if the person’s job is not listed against the particular disease. But there may be entitlement to benefit under the industrial accident provisions if a disease has been caused as a result of an accident.
If you are told that you are not entitled to benefit for a certain disease, it does not necessarily mean you do not have the disease for which you claimed. What you are being told is that you do not meet the criteria laid down in law for receiving benefit for that disease.
For example, a coal miner may be refused benefit for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD even though he has the disease. However, unless his actual work history satisfied the occupational criteria set out in regulations, he will not be entitled to benefit.
This is especially important for diseases common in the population at large, where some workers would have got the disease whatever job they did.
Prescribed diseases are grouped according to their causes. There are four groups of causes, each identified by a letter, and each prescribed disease has a number. The groups are:
A full list of the prescribed diseases and types of occupation which are covered by the scheme is set out in Appendix 1. (Legislation (47) - SS(II) (PD) Regs 1985 Sched 1)
The primary questions arising on a prescribed disease claim are:
You can make a claim at any time on or after the date you think you contracted the prescribed disease.
If you have any relevant medical evidence send it with your claim form but do not delay claiming by trying to get a fresh report.
Do not delay claiming. If you do you may lose some benefits. This is because Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit cannot be paid:
Obtain a claim form from Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre. They can be contacted on 0800 121 8379. You can also download the form from the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit guide.
The date of your claim is the date your fully completed claim form is received in an office of the DWP. It is very important that you fill in all the details on the form carefully and return it to us as soon as possible. There is one claim pack BI100PD for claiming Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit for all prescribed diseases.
When you have completed the claim form, return it to us as soon as possible. If you have any medical evidence relevant to your claim, you should send it with the claim form. Details of where to send your claim form are in the BI00PD Notes.
You will be sent a written acknowledgement that the claim form has been received.
We may have to contact your employer(s)/training scheme provider to confirm:
Your papers will be referred to medical services and you may be asked to attend a medical examination. (Legislation (52) - SS Act 1998 sec 19(1))
If you are asked to attend a medical examination and you fail to turn up without good cause, your claim will be disallowed. (Legislation (53) - SS Act 1998 sec 19(3))
Your claim will be disallowed and we will write to tell you this.
Claims for prescribed disease D3 and for all other diseases where the person is terminally ill, are treated as fast track cases. These cases are given priority at all times.
Details of the diseases and the qualifying conditions can be found at Appendix 1
Your medical examination will be carried out by one or possibly two experienced medical practitioners. These doctors are specially trained in industrial injuries disablement matters.
If you can travel, you will be told when and where to go for the examination. You will be told what out-of-pocket expenses you can claim. If you are not fit to travel alone, someone can travel with you. If you are not fit to travel, you can also request an examination at home but you should give full details of why you are unable to attend a Medical Boarding Centre.
The medical examination will be held in private but you may be able to take a companion if the doctor allows it. Occasionally you may be asked if an observer can be present. You can give the doctor any evidence which was not included with your claim form, if you think it will help them to give an opinion on your disablement.
If you have attended a hospital in connection with the disease you are claiming for, the doctor may seek further information from the hospital. Hospital case notes may be requested by the doctor to assist in giving an opinion. The doctor could also ask for a report from your GP.
The doctor will take a statement from you and send a written report to the decision maker based upon the examination and any other medical evidence.
The doctor will advise on:
If the doctor has advised that you are suffering from a prescribed disease he will also advise on the date of onset of the disease.
The doctor will also provide an explanation for the decision maker as to how they arrived at their opinion.
The doctor will also advise if, in their opinion, the disease is due to the nature of your employed earner’s employment. This is called causation.
For some prescribed diseases you will need to have tests before the medical examination.
In claims for occupational deafness, we will arrange for you to have a hearing test to see if you have an average hearing loss of at least 50 decibels in both ears due to damage to the inner ear. In at least one ear this must be due to noise at work. If the doctor advises that you satisfy this test you will then have a medical examination. If not, your claim will be sent back to the decision maker who will consider whether to disallow it.
In claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD, it may be necessary for you to have a breathing test. If the doctor advises that you satisfy this test you will then have a medical examination. If not, your claim will be sent back to the decision maker who will consider whether to disallow it.
In claims for pneumoconiosis, we will normally arrange for you to have an X-ray of your chest. If the X-ray and other evidence shows that you may have the disease you will then have a medical examination. If the X-ray shows no trace of the disease your claim will be sent back to the decision maker who will consider whether to disallow it.
Loss of physical or mental faculty means some loss of power or function of an organ of the body. Loss of faculty can include disfigurement even when this causes no bodily handicap. Whether a loss of faculty results in disability is decided by comparing your condition as a result of the disease with the condition of a normal healthy person of the same age and sex. (Legislation (58) - Commissioners Decisions R(I)7/67 and R(I)1/81)
The date of onset of a disease is the date you first suffered a loss of faculty from the disease. The date of onset may be earlier than the date that benefit is actually paid from. This is because the date benefit is paid from is governed by time limits for claiming and other criteria. (Legislation (59) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 6(2)(b))
The medical advice or assessment takes account of all disabilities resulting from the disease. Where your disability also results from some other cause which arose before you got the disease, the degree of disablement which would in any event be present due to that other cause is not counted, but the interaction between the two causes is included in the assessment.
For example, an assembly worker who had previously fractured her right arm in a road accident is diagnosed as having prescribed disease A4 (cramp of the hand or forearm) in the same arm.
The doctor considers a gross assessment of disablement for upper limb dysfunction and deducts an amount for the disablement that remains due to the earlier accident.
If your disablement is 11% or more, and some other condition arises after the accident or disease but is not directly caused by it, any increase in your disablement due to the disease as a result of that other cause is also used to work out your disablement.
For example, a man who is diagnosed as having prescribed disease A11 (vibration white finger) has also developed osteoarthritis in one of his fingers at a later date.
The doctor considers an assessment of disablement for upper limb dysfunction and if that assessment is over 11% the doctor adds a further assessment for the extent that the osteoarthritis increases the man’s disability. (Legislation (60) - SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 reg 11)
You may be given a ‘final’ assessment of disablement for life if your disability is assessed as permanent and is unlikely to change. Or where you are likely to make a full recovery the assessment may be final but for a limited period. Or you may be given a provisional assessment for a limited period at the end of which you will be re-examined and your disablement assessed again. (Legislation (61) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 6(2))
After the medical examination your claim will be decided by a decision maker. The decision maker will look at the doctor’s advice and any other available evidence.
We will write to tell you the decision on your claim, the amount of any benefit you will get and the period for which you will get benefit.
The decision only takes account of your physical or mental condition it is not related to whether or not you are capable of work. It can be paid whether or not you have returned to work and it does not depend on your earnings.
Loss of earnings and other circumstances may, however, mean you can get one or more of the other benefits described later in this guide.
See NI260 – A guide to Revision, Supersession and Appeal.
The amount of benefit you get depends on how badly you are disabled by the disease.
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit cannot be paid for the first 15 weeks (90 days not including Sundays), after the date of onset of the disease. (Legislation (62) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(6))
The exception to this is in claims for occupational deafness, when payment can only be made from the date the claim form is received in an office of the DWP, and in claims for diffuse mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer, when payment can be made from the date you were first disabled by the disease but not for more than 3 months before the date of your claim. (Legislation (63) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 6(2)(c), SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 20(4)(a), SS (C&P) Regs 1987 Sched 4)
You will not normally get benefit if your disablement is less than 14%. (Legislation (64) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(1), SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(2))
But you may be able to get benefit if you have had more than 1 accident or disease and the total disablement, when the effects of all the accidents and diseases are added together, is 14% or more. This is known as aggregation.
If your disablement is at least 14% your benefit will be paid as a weekly pension. (Legislation (65) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 103(2), SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 22)
The following table provides a breakdown of the percentage assessment and percentage payable:
The maximum rate payable for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is 100% even if you have several assessments which add up to more than 100%.
For current rates see benefit and pension rates (PDF, 210KB).
For the respiratory diseases pneumoconiosis, byssinosis you can get benefit if your disablement is assessed as at least 1%. (Legislation (67) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 20A(1))
For the respiratory disease diffuse mesothelioma your disablement will be assessed as being 100%. (Legislation (67) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 20A(1))
For this respiratory disease your disablement will be assessed as being 100%.
To get benefit for occupational deafness, your disablement must be assessed as 20% or more. (Legislation (68) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 29(a))
If the assessment is less than 20% for occupational deafness it cannot be aggregated with any other assessment of disablement. (Legislation (69) - SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985 reg 15(3))
If you claim for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD you must not already be getting any benefit which takes full account of this condition.
For example, if you have been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit for pneumoconiosis and your disablement from pneumoconiosis, or pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis, has been assessed at 50% or more you may have already had your benefit increased to take full account of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD.
If so you will not qualify separately for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD but if you think your COPD has got worse, you should apply to have your assessment for pneumoconiosis looked at again in case it can be increased.
Our policy is to pay all benefits directly into an account.
This is the safest way to pay you and lets you choose how and when you get your money. You can use a bank or building society.
You may be able to use a cash machine, which will usually mean you can get your money at any time of the day or night.
There are arrangements with banks and building societies so that you can collect cash from some of their accounts at your Post Office® branch.
The other advantages of having your money paid into an account are:
The account can be in:
Benefit is paid either every 4 weeks, every 13 weeks or every week.
If you have a bank or building society account but you do not wish to use it, for example a joint account, any bank or building society will help you open an account that suits you better. Remember to ask whether their accounts allow you to get your money from the Post Office®, if this is important to you.
If you have had problems opening a current account, or if you are worried about being overdrawn, you could ask any bank or building society about opening a basic bank account.
These are sometimes called introductory or starter accounts and are available from all major banks.
These accounts offer free banking but overdrafts are not available.
You can use these accounts to pay money in, pay bills automatically and get cash out.
Many basic bank accounts also allow you to get cash from Post Offices®.
A decision can be looked at again at any time if your condition has changed.
If you feel your condition has got worse and you want us to have another look at the decision, complete and return form BI168, which you can get from Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre.
If the condition for which you are getting benefit improves you must tell us straight away.
If you are receiving Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit you must also tell us if you:
If any of these apply, you must tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Benefit Delivery Centre straight away. You can contact them on 0800 121 8379. (Legislation (70) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 3)
If you leave the country, Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is payable while you are away. For further details please read the how you are paid paragraphs of this guide.
If you intend to be away for more than 3 months, payment of your benefit will be made by the International Pensions Centre (IPC).
You will be asked how you want your payments to be made while you are away. You can choose between:
You must let us know when you return to the UK.
If you go into prison, you must let us know the date you were admitted.
Payment of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is suspended during any period of imprisonment.
When you are released let us know the date. Arrears of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may be paid for the period of imprisonment subject to a maximum of one year’s benefit.
If you die, someone should let us know straight away.
Your basic Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit does not affect any other National Insurance (NI) benefits such as:
But Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may affect income-related benefits that you or your partner receive such as:
You will have to contact your local authority to confirm if any reduction you or your partner receive in your council tax bill is affected.
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may also affect how much War Pension you get, if you are entitled to both.
Constant Attendance Allowance (CAA) can be paid if you need constant care and attention as a result of your injury or disease. (Legislation (71) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 104)
You can get CAA if:
CAA cannot be paid for help with ordinary housework or for similar domestic purposes, and it is not paid simply for help with dressing and undressing
To be entitled to CAA, you have to show that you need daily attendance and are likely to need it for a long time. Although you must show that you need daily attendance, the attendance need not last throughout the day and you may not actually receive it.
Attendance need not be provided on a paid basis and CAA can still be paid when attendance is provided by a relative.
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit must be the 100% rate payable for you to be considered for CAA. (Legislation (72) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 104(1))
But you may also receive it if you get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit of less than 100% and payments for disablement under the War Pension scheme which bring your total disablement to at least 100% (Legislation (73) - SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 reg 20).
If Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is payable at the 100% rate, an opinion will automatically be given for CAA at the time of your medical examination.
You only need apply for CAA if you are already receiving Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit at the 100% rate, did not have any attendance needs at the time of your award, but your condition means that you now need constant attendance. If you are already in receipt of CAA, but your condition has worsened since the award, you may be entitled to an increase. You should claim on form BI107 which you can get from Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre. You can contact them on 0800 121 8379.
Medical services carry out an examination at the same time as giving an opinion on the extent of your disablement for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. The doctor will complete a report and advise on your need for attendance. They will look at and consider:
The decision maker will consider the doctors report and any other evidence and will decide the rate, amount and period of the award. The award will be renewed if you continue to satisfy the conditions.
You will be notified of the decision in writing. It will explain how the decision was arrived at and if there is any entitlement to benefit.
There is no right of appeal against a decision on CAA. If you disagree with the decision you can ask for it to be reconsidered if you consider you have good reason. (Legislation (75) - SS&CS (D&A) Regs 1999 Sched 2 para 14(a))
See NI260 – A guide to Revision, Supersession and Appeal.
How much benefit you get depends on how much looking after you need. For current rates see benefit and pension rates (PDF, 210KB).
There are 4 rates of CAA based on the amount of attendance you need.
Payment of your CAA will be made with your Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit direct into an account.
If you are getting CAA you must tell us straight away if you are admitted to hospital or similar institution.
CAA is payable for the first 4 weeks of free in-patient treatment if:
If you are in hospital longer than 4 weeks and payment has stopped, you can receive payment for certain periods when you are allowed to leave hospital. Payment will start again when you are discharged.
If you go abroad, CAA can be paid for 6 months from the date you go, or for a longer period as the Secretary of State may allow. (Legislation (77) - SSB (PA) Regs 1975 reg 9(4))
If you qualify for CAA, you cannot also get Attendance Allowance (AA), the care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), or the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) unless it is higher than the CAA. In that case you will get CAA and may get the balance of the other benefit.
Receipt of CAA is not taken into account as income in some other benefits such as:
You will have to contact your local authority to confirm if any reduction you or your partner receive in your council tax bill is affected.
While you are getting CAA, the person looking after you may be able to get Carer’s Allowance (CA) or may have their rights to a state pension protected. Although CA is not income related itself - it is taken into account as income related benefits. So if the person you are caring for is in receipt of income related benefits they should seek advice before claiming CA.
This is an extra allowance if you are exceptionally severely disabled and already entitled to CAA at the intermediate or exceptional rate, and your need for the attendance is likely to be permanent. (Legislation (78) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 105(1)(a)(b), SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 reg 43 & 44)
You do not have to make a separate claim. Your entitlement will be considered at the same time as your CAA.
When CAA is granted at the intermediate or exceptional rate, entitlement to Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance is automatically considered at the same time.
The decision maker looks at the doctor’s advice and decides the period of the award. Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance is usually awarded for the same period as CAA. The allowance may be reconsidered from time to time depending on your circumstances.
You will be notified of the decision in writing. It will explain how the decision was arrived at and if there is any entitlement to benefit.
There is no right of appeal against a decision on Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance. If you disagree with the decision you can ask for it to be reconsidered if you think you have good reason. (Legislation (79) - SS&CS (D&A) Regs 1999 Sched 2 para 14(a))
See NI260 – A guide to Revision, Supersession and Appeal.
Payment of your Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance will be made with your Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit and Constant Attendance Allowance direct into an account.
If you are absent abroad, Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance can be paid for 6 months from the date of absence from the United Kingdom, or for such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow. (Legislation (80) - SSB (PA) Regs 1975 9(4))
If you are admitted to hospital or a similar institution for medical treatment you can continue to receive Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance.
Your Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance does not affect any other National Insurance benefits such as:
However, Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance may affect income-related benefits you or your partner receive such as:
You will have to contact your local authority to confirm if any reduction you or your partner receive in your council tax bill is affected.
Reduced Earnings Allowance (REA) is a separate benefit to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. It can be paid on its own or in addition to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. REA was introduced from 1 October 1986 and replaced Special Hardship Allowance (SHA). (Legislation (81) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 7 para 11(1))
REA can be paid on top of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. If you do not get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit because your disablement is less than 14% you can still get REA as long as your disablement is assessed at 1% or more.
REA compensates for the loss of earnings’ capacity where, as a result of an industrial accident or disease, you are unable to either:
There is no entitlement to REA for an accident:
To be entitled to REA you must satisfy the following conditions:
A regular occupation must be gainful employment, but it does not have to be employed earner‘s employment. This will occur when the work done at the time of the accident was employed earner‘s employment but it was not your regular occupation.
A regular occupation for a prescribed disease is normally the occupation which caused the disease.
Whether other employment is of an equivalent standard depends mainly on whether the pay is comparable. But your chances of promotion to higher paid work in your regular occupation can also be taken into account in some circumstances.
Only employed earner’s employment can be considered as employment of an equivalent standard. (Legislation (82) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 7 para 11(5)(b))
If you gave up an occupation because of the relevant loss of faculty due to the prescribed disease for which you have an assessment, that occupation can be your regular occupation even if you stopped following it before the prescribed disease was:
Your occupation may be treated as your regular occupation if you:
If you are suffering from pneumoconiosis and the doctor who examined you for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit purposes gave advice about the conditions in which you should work, there are rules which may help you qualify for REA if you leave your regular occupation. You will usually be regarded as unable to continue in that occupation or to do work of an equivalent standard. This will apply even if the doctor advised that you could continue in your occupation in suitable dust conditions.
If you have more than 1 accident or prescribed disease, you can claim REA for each accident or prescribed disease.
Contact us on 0800 121 8379 for a claim form BI103.
The date of your claim is the date your fully completed claim form is received in an office of the DWP. It is very important that you carefully fill in all the details on the form and return it to Barrow Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre as soon as possible. The office mailing address is on the claim form. (Legislation (84) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 6)
Claim as soon as you think you meet the rules for the allowance. Do not delay claiming until the result of your Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit claim is determined, as you could lose benefit for any period more than 3 months before the date of claim. (Legislation (85) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 Sched 4 para 5)
If you want help filling in your claim form, contact us on 0800 121 8379.
When you have completed the claim form return it to Barrow Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre. Barrow’s mailing address is on the claim form.
Your papers are then sent to medical services for advice on whether:
The decision maker will use this advice to determine whether or not you have any entitlement to REA.
We may contact your current or previous employers to obtain employment and earnings information about:
If your regular occupation no longer exists, your earnings may be calculated by referring to an index based on the changes in the level of earnings as published in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
REA will be awarded for a limited period. At the end of this period, we will invite you to make a renewal REA claim unless your assessment of disablement was final and expires at the same time as the REA award.
We will send you a renewal form before your award ends. If you were entitled to REA on 30 September 1990 and you subsequently cease to be entitled for 1 or more days, you cannot again become entitled to REA for that accident or prescribed disease. You should complete and return the form as soon as possible to avoid any delays in payment or a possible permanent loss of your entitlement to REA. You must still complete a renewal form even if payment is temporarily suspended for any reason. The decision maker will decide:
See NI260 – A guide to Revision, Supersession and Appeal.
The amount of REA payable is the difference between your earnings in your regular and alternative occupations. There is a maximum amount of REA payable, even if the difference in earnings between your regular and alternative occupation is greater than this amount.
This maximum is equivalent to the 40% rate of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. (Legislation (86) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 7 para 11(10))
If you receive more than 1 REA award, the maximum amount of REA and any Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit you can receive equates to the 140% rate of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
You will be notified of the amount of benefit you are entitled to.
REA under the Industrial Injuries Scheme can be paid as well as an allowance for a lower standard of occupation under the War Pension scheme.
REA, like most social security benefits, goes up from time to time, but your REA will not be increased if before 9 April 1989 you received REA and retired for social security purposes.
If you reach pension age now, your entitlement to REA is transferred to entitlement to Retirement Allowance if you are not in regular employment. (Legislation (87) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 7 para 12)
Our policy is to pay all benefits directly into an account.
This is the safest way to pay you and lets you choose how and when you get your money. You can use a bank or building society.
You may be able to use a cash machine, which will usually mean you can get your money at any time of the day or night.
There are arrangements with banks and building societies so that you can collect cash from some of their accounts at your Post Office® branch.
The Post Office® also provides a bank account that we can pay benefits into. With this account you can only collect your money in cash from Post Office® branches.
The other advantages of having your money paid into an account are:
The account can be in:
Benefit is paid either every 4 weeks, every 13 weeks or every week.
If you have a bank or building society account but you do not wish to use it, for example a joint account, any bank or building society will help you open an account that suits you better. Remember to ask whether their accounts allow you to get your money from the Post Office® if this is important to you.
If you have had problems opening a current account, or if you are worried about being overdrawn, you could ask any bank or building society about opening a basic bank account.
These are sometimes called introductory or starter accounts and are available from all major banks.
These accounts offer free banking but overdrafts are not available.
You can use these accounts to pay money in, pay bills automatically and get cash out.
Many basic bank accounts also allow you to get cash from Post Offices®.
You must tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Centre straight away, as your award may be affected, if:
You must also tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Centre straight away if you:
If you go abroad to a country where there is no reciprocal arrangement and the European Union (EU) regulations do not apply, REA can be paid for the first 3 months abroad if:
(Legislation (88) - SSB (PA) Regs 1975 reg 9(5))
Read guidance on how entitlement to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit may be affected if you move to an EEA country or Switzerland from 1 January 2021.
To qualify for REA when you return to the UK, you must have had title to REA throughout your stay even if REA is not paid during part of the absence. If title to REA is not maintained you may not be able to receive REA again.
If you are imprisoned you cannot get REA. You must tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre when you are admitted and when you are released. (Legislation (89) - SS C&B Act 1992 sec 113(1)(b), SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 reg 2)
If you die, someone should let us know straight away.
Your REA does not affect any other National Insurance benefits such as:
But REA may affect income-related benefits you or your partner receive such as:
You will have to contact your local authority to confirm if any reduction you or your partner receive in your council tax bill is affected.
Retirement Allowance (RA) replaces REA when you reach state pension age if REA is at least £2 a week and you are not in regular employment. (Legislation (90) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 7 para 13(1) & (2))
If REA is paid at less than £2 a week and you are not in regular employment when you reach state pension age you will not be entitled to either REA or RA.
Regular employment means working under a contract of service for an average of 10 hours a week or more over a period of 5 consecutive weeks or more. (Legislation (91) - SS (II) (Regular Employment) Regs 1990 reg 2)
If you are in regular employment when you reach state pension age, you will continue to receive REA for as long as you remain in regular employment. Once you stop regular employment your entitlement to REA will be replaced by entitlement to RA, provided that REA was payable at over £2 a week.
You do not need to claim RA. You will be sent a letter to complete before reaching state pension age. There will be a part of this you have to complete and return before a decision can be made. The letter will ask for details of your employment.
You will be notified of the decision in writing. It will explain the decision and if there is any benefit payable.
See NI260 – A guide to Revision, Supersession and Appeal.
RA is paid for life. (Legislation (92) - SS C&B Act 1992 Sched 7 para 13(3))
The weekly rate of RA is whichever of the following is less (1/2 pence or more being rounded up:
You can only get one award of RA, regardless of how many REA awards were in payment previously.
RA will be paid in the same way as your REA direct into an account.
It is paid either every week, every 4 weeks or every 13 weeks.
If you are receiving Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit your RA will be paid together direct into the same account.
If you are imprisoned you cannot get RA. You must tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre when you are admitted. When you are released tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre straight away so that payment can be considered again. (Legislation (94) - SS (Gen Ben) Regs 1982 reg 2 & 3)
If you are living abroad and have maintained underlying entitlement to REA whilst abroad, even though disqualified from receiving payment, you can be awarded and paid RA once you are over the minimum pension age and cease regular employment.
If you are entitled to RA and live, or go to live, in any country you will continue to receive RA for life. (Legislation (95) - SSB (PA) Regs 1975 reg 9(7))
Your Retirement Allowance does not affect any other National Insurance benefits such as:
But Retirement Allowance may affect income-related benefits you or your partner (We use partner to mean a person you are married to or a person you live with as if you were married to them, or a civil partner or a person you live with as if you are civil partners.) receive such as:
You will have to contact your local authority to confirm if any reduction you or your partner receive in your council tax bill is affected.
From 6 April 1987, Unemployability Supplement (UNSUPP) was abolished as an increase of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit. People in receipt of Unemployability Supplement on 6 April 1987 were allowed to continue to receive it providing they satisfied the benefit criteria.
You must also tell us if you:
If any of these apply, you must tell Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre straight away. They can be contacted on 0800 121 8379. (Legislation (128) - SS (C&P) Regs 1987 reg 32)
If you die, someone should let us know straight away.
You must also tell us if you are claiming an increase for a dependant and their circumstances change.
This is an additional payment which you can claim. It covers people, or dependants of people, who suffer from certain industrial diseases caused by dust.
You can make a claim if you are unable to get damages from your employer who caused or contributed to the disease.
If you are suffering from one of the above diseases and you think you may be entitled to a payment, contact the Pneumoconiosis etc (Worker’s Compensation) Act 1979 Section as soon as possible.
Do not wait for the outcome of your claim under the Industrial Injuries scheme before you make a claim for this additional payment.
This is a scheme for people suffering from the asbestos-related disease, diffuse mesothelioma.
You can claim a one-off lump sum payment if you:
The scheme covers people whose exposure to asbestos occurred in the United Kingdom and was not as a result of their work as an employee. For example:
You should make a claim as soon as possible. Claims must be received within 12 months of your date of diagnosis. You should submit medical evidence with your claim showing that you are suffering from diffuse mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos. Your lung cancer nurse may be able to supply this. No further medical examination will be offered.
If the sufferer has died, their dependants may be able to claim. The claim form must be received within 12 months of the date of death.
For further information or to request a claim form, PWC1, phone or write to the Barrow Industrial Injuries Benefit Centre.
PWC Team Barrow Benefit Centre Post Handling Site B Wolverhampton WV99 1RX
From 5 December 2012, the following changes were made to the Industrial Injuries Scheme to make it easier for people to understand and for the Department to administer the benefits.
These 2 old schemes that dealt with industrial accidents or disease exposures before 1948 were abolished on 5 December 2012. Those customers in receipt of payments were transferred to the main Industrial Injuries Scheme and received benefits at the corresponding rates of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
If you were supported by someone formerly entitled under the PB&MD scheme, and who has since died from one of the diseases listed under the PB&MD scheme, you may get a payment of up to £300. (Legislation (125) - PB&MDB Scheme 1983 Article 9) For a claim form write to or phone the PWC team at Barrow Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre at:
PWC Team Barrow Benefit Centre Post Handling Site B Wolverhampton WV99 1RX
Send your completed claim form to this address also. You should normally claim within 3 months of the death.
On 5 December 2012, the lower rate of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit paid to people under the age of 18 was abolished. Everyone with the same level of disability will receive the same rate of benefit.
From 5 December 2012, it will not be possible to request a declaration that an industrial accident occurred without a claim for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit being made.
Industrial Death Benefit was abolished in 1988 for any deaths occurring after 1988. From 5 December 2012, it will not be possible for a new claim to be made for a death before 1988. No claims had been made for many years and any widows or widowers still getting payments will continue to receive them.
Industrial Death Benefit for a widow is usually a pension payable for life following the deceased’s death. It is not payable:
If any of the above apply you must tell the Industrial Death Benefit section at Barrow Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre straight away.
If you die, someone should let us know straight away.
Rates of benefits are published each year in the Social Security Benefits Uprating Order, which is debated by Parliament, usually towards the end of the year. Benefits are usually uprated from April, at the beginning of the financial year. For current rates see benefit and pension rates (PDF, 210KB).
You can get copies of the leaflets from:
The Acts and Regulations which set down the rules explained in this guide are included in a series of loose-leaf books, The Law relating to Social Security (also known as the Blue Volumes) which are published by the Stationery Office. The relevant Acts and Regulations are indexed and kept up to date by regular supplements. You can consult a copy at your Jobcentre Plus office, and many libraries also have a copy. Copies can also be bought from the Stationery Office.
This technical guide is only a guide to Industrial Injuries Benefits. It has no status in law, but it refers you to the Acts and Regulations which cover particular rules. The Regulations may be changed or added to from time to time by Amendment Regulations. Also, each year a set of Uprating Regulations is published changing the benefit rates.
The main Acts and Regulations which govern Industrial Injuries Benefits are currently:
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List of diseases which are covered and the kinds of jobs which are included. It is not a complete list of jobs and you should not be put off claiming just because your job is not listed. If in doubt, claim.
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