If you are a lone parent on low earnings, you may be
entitled to FIS as well as your One-Parent Family Payment, or
Deserted Wife's Benefit, or Widows, Widower's or Surviving
Civil Partner's Contributory Pension.
If you are getting Back to Work Allowance as an employee,
you may qualify for FIS.
If you are getting FIS and you become ill, you can get it with
Illness Benefit for up to 6 weeks.
You cannot get FIS if you already get:
- Jobseeker's Benefit or Allowance,
- State Pension (Transition), or
- Pre-Retirement Allowance.
If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is getting one of
these payments, you may still qualify for FIS. However, their
social welfare payment will be assessed as income for FIS
purposes.