The value of a parent - Legal & General
The value of a parent - Legal & General
The value of a parent - Legal & General
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STATE BENEFITS – VALUE OF A PARENT 2013 Research<br />
STATE BENEFITS PARENTS BELIEVE THEY’D<br />
BE ENTITLED TO IF EITHER PARENT WERE<br />
TO BECOME DISABLED<br />
Disability living allowance/<br />
Personal independence payments<br />
55%<br />
Disabled person tax credit<br />
40%<br />
Council tax benefit<br />
Housing benefit/Universal credit<br />
Employment and support allowance<br />
(incapacity benefit)<br />
23%<br />
21%<br />
26%<br />
Income support/Universal credit<br />
Working families tax credit/<br />
Universal credit<br />
Jobseeker’s allowance/<br />
Universal credit<br />
New deal for lone <strong>parent</strong>s<br />
Widowed <strong>parent</strong>s allowance<br />
12%<br />
7%<br />
3%<br />
2%<br />
1%<br />
Don’t know<br />
32%<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80<br />
Percentage<br />
Although the majority <strong>of</strong> <strong>parent</strong>s thought that it’s the government’s<br />
responsibility to look after them if they were unable to work, 59% <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>parent</strong>s don’t know what benefits they’d be entitled to if either <strong>parent</strong><br />
died and 32% if either <strong>parent</strong> is unable to work due to disability.
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