Benefits
Recommendations related to benefits
2
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (2)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 2 inquiries
Across 2 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
2 total
IR2-13
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Relationship with Support Schemes and Benefits
I recommend that, with regard to the relationship between compensation, support payments and benefits: a) in assessing compensation under the scheme, no account should be taken of any past payments …
- The Government stated in December 2024 that compensation payments are exempt from income tax, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax, and will be disregarded …
UK Government
HIA-9
Accepted
HIA Inquiry
Social Security Payments Unaffected
We also recommend that social security payments should not be affected by lump sum payments awarded by the HIA Redress Board.
- The Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019 included provisions to ensure that lump sum compensation payments would not affect social security benefits (Historical …
Northern Ireland Executi…