Routes onto Incapacity Benefit: Findings from a follow-up survey of recent claimants
By: Peter A. Kemp and Jacqueline DavidsonThe processes by which people come to claim Incapacity Benefit (IB) are not well understood. This report presents the results of the final of three studies aiming to address this knowledge gap (the others are DWP Research Report Nos. 350 and 469).
The research presented here provides results from a follow-up survey of 801 recent IB claimants. The purpose of the follow-up survey was to provide quantitative information on the position of recent claimants a year after their application for IB, in order to further our understanding of the processes associated with remaining on, or leaving, IB. It provides information about changes in health, benefit and work status in the six months since the initial interview and examines the factors associated with return to work.
May 2008 68 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 978 1 84712 405 0
(208KB)