National Insurance contributions currently build up your entitlement to what are known as 'contributory benefits'. These include:
- Jobseeker's Allowance (contribution-based element)
- Employment and Suport Allowance (ESA- contribution-based element)
- Maternity Allowance
- Bereavement benefits (Bereavement Allowance, Bereavement Payment and Widowed Parent's Allowance)
- Incapacity Benefit
Jobseeker’s allowance
If you are unemployed, you can currently claim Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA).
If you are unemployed, you can currently claim Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA).
- Contribution-based JSA. You should be eligible for contribution-based JSA if you have paid or been credited with sufficient National Insurance contributions. This ceases after six months. It is counted as taxable income.
- Income-based JSA. If you do not qualify for contributory JSA, you may get income-based JSA instead. This is means tested, so what you get is based on your income and savings. Your payments might be reduced if you earn income from part-time employment.
You’ll get less than the full amount if you have savings of over £6,000. If you have savings of over £16,000 to probably won’t qualify for income-based JSA at all. Income-based JSA is scheduled to be replaced by Universal Credit.
Employment and support allowance
A benefit that pays out in the event of physical or mental illness. Entitlement conditions are broadly similar to those for Jobseeker's Allowance and based on your contributions record in the case of contribution-based ESA.
Employment and support allowance
A benefit that pays out in the event of physical or mental illness. Entitlement conditions are broadly similar to those for Jobseeker's Allowance and based on your contributions record in the case of contribution-based ESA.
Benefit changes from October 2013
Both Income based JSA and income-based ESA are sue to be replaced by Universal Credit from October 2013. The new benefit also replaces Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit.
For more details, see Direct Gov's information on support allowances.
Both Income based JSA and income-based ESA are sue to be replaced by Universal Credit from October 2013. The new benefit also replaces Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit.
For more details, see Direct Gov's information on support allowances.
Bereavement benefits
Entitlement is based on the NI record of your spouse (most will qualify). A one-off payment of £2,000 is available, but only if your late spouse wasn't entitled to the basic state pension or you were under state pension age when they died.
Widowed parent's allowance is paid from the time of death while the surviving spouse is pregnant or caring for dependent children. It stops early if you remarry or cohabit.
Where you have no dependents, bereavement allowance is paid for a year after death to those aged between 45 and state pension age. The maximum you can get £108.30 if you're aged between 55 and state pension age. The overall amount depends on your partner's National Insurance contributions.
Entitlement is based on the NI record of your spouse (most will qualify). A one-off payment of £2,000 is available, but only if your late spouse wasn't entitled to the basic state pension or you were under state pension age when they died.
Widowed parent's allowance is paid from the time of death while the surviving spouse is pregnant or caring for dependent children. It stops early if you remarry or cohabit.
Where you have no dependents, bereavement allowance is paid for a year after death to those aged between 45 and state pension age. The maximum you can get £108.30 if you're aged between 55 and state pension age. The overall amount depends on your partner's National Insurance contributions.
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