or reduced entitlement to Incapacity Benefit. Normally, a claim for both benefits was made and the amount of Incapacity Benefit due was calculated according to the claimant's past National Insurance contributions. If too few contributions had been made for the full rate of Incapacity Benefit to be paid, Income Support may have been paid to top up the amount the claimant received to Income Support rates. Parental Leave You may be able to get Income Support when on unpaid statutory parental leave if, when you were working, you were getting any of the following. Working Tax Credit Child Tax Credit Housing Benefit Amount The weekly personal allowances for 2016/17 are shown in the table below. Higher rates are set for eligible couples where either one of the couple is responsible for a child, or if each member of a couple is eligible for one of the following benefits if they weren't a couple: Employment and Support Allowance Income Support Jobseeker's Allowance To this basic amount may be added amounts for qualifying claimants: carer premium disability premium enhanced disability premium severe disability premium pensioner premium family premium (obsolete - no new entitlements) family premium lone parent rate (obsolete - no new entitlements) disabled child premium (obsolete - no new entitlements) Existing income from benefits or other sources may be taken into account and deducted from any Income Support entitlement awarded to a claimant. Premiums The carer premium applies if a person is entitled to Carer's allowance, even if they are not actually paid it because they receive another benefit. This premium is payable for each person who qualifies. Disability premium is applicable to people getting one of the following qualifying benefits: Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance long-term Incapacity Benefit Severe Disablement Allowance the disability element or severe disability element of Working Tax Credit war pensioner's mobility supplement Constant Attendance Allowance Personal Independence Payment Armed Forces Independence Payment Or if the claimant has been incapable of work or entitled to Statutory sick pay during the qualifying period of 52 weeks (or 28 weeks if you are terminally ill) and is still incapable of work, or is registered as blind, or taken off that register in the past 28 weeks. Enhanced disability premium applies if the claimant or partner is in the Employment and Support Allowance support group or is under the qualifying age for Pension Credit and receiving the higher rate care