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That looks right to me. It's certainly not one of the benefits listed in the legislation around people subject to immigration control, which includes those who have a "no recourse to public funds" condiiton attached to leave.
This would be consistent with the other employment-related benefits like SMP, SSP and indeed contributory benefits, where entitlement is linked to the fact of recent or current employment (or in the case of MA, self-employment).
The question suggests:
- that your client is not an EU national (of any description), since she has the "no recourse" endorsement;
- that she is not currently employed, or if currently employed is not earning enough to qualify for SMP; and
- that she has either been self-employed for a significant period or if not currently employed has been so in the recent past; and, hopefully,
- that she is in the UK with an immigration status which allows her to work. I don't THINK you could claim MA on the basis of illegal working, and it would be very dangerous to so so...
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