Invalidity benefit?

Question

Can anyone tell me what happened to invalidity benefit,i do know they changed it to incapacity but the people on invalidity were on a high rate so were they allowed to keep that rate or was the incapacity the same and did they all have to change over.

Answer 1

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/ib_sda/In...

Answer 2

And this is in the altmed section?

Answer 3

Have a look at this article on the DWP web site - it explains what happened in the transition between the old invalidity benefit and the new incapacity benefit.

Answer 4

well i remember there were a lot of protests in London.

Lots wheelchair bound people jeering at and splashing red paint on politicians

So without checking the facts i imagine they were made to accept a lower rate of beenfit and the name changed from invalidity benfit to incapacity.

just my first thougts

apologies if they are inacurate