Permitted work, ‘passporting’ and Employment and Support Allowance
A fundamental flaw
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12937844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam Royston (0000-0002-7685-5043, University of York, corresponding author), Sue L Royston (University of York) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-70 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1759-8273 • E-ISSN: 1759-8281 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.51952/pswq1073 |
| OpenAlex | W4313167152 |
| Language | EN |
The Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), introduced in October 2008, replaces Incapacity Benefit, and Income Support through illness or disability, for new claimants. This article explores a key problem with the new benefit: changes in the permitted work rules between Income Support and income-related ESA mean that a single person with no other income or savings who has paid National Insurance contributions could be more than £60 per week worse off than someone in a similar position who has not paid contributions. The problem is outlined below, and potential solutions are proposed
Actuarial science · Allowance (engineering · Demographic economics · Disability insurance · Economics · Income Support · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Operations management · Position (finance · Public economics · Social security · Work (physics · Engineering · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Finance
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |