Industrial injuries disablement benefit
Industrial injuries disablement benefit (IIDB) is for clients who:
•have a personal injury while working as an employee – eg, from an accident at work; or
•have a prescribed industrial disease contracted during the course of their employment – eg, asbestosis.
Clients must be assessed as having a degree of disablement resulting from a loss of faculty – eg, a reduced ability to walk because of arthritis. Clients can get IIDB if they are still in work. It can be paid on top of contributory ESA and other non-means-tested benefits. IIDB is not taxable. It generally counts as income for the purposes of calculating means-tested benefits, but is disregarded as income for tax credits.