If you are aged 16+ and are caring at least 35 hours a week for a person who is ill or has disabilities, you may qualify for Carer’s Allowance and/or Universal Credit. There are certain other conditions you must fulfil, such as not being in full-time work or education, so you...
A Severe Disability Premium is an extra amount that is included in some means-tested benefits to help with the cost of disability. People who are entitled to a Severe Disability Premium cannot claim Universal Credit and can still make new claims for the benefits Universal Cre...
New State Pension is money paid to people who reach state pension age on or after 6 April 2016. If you reached state pension age before 6 April 2016, you may be entitled to the Basic State Pension. You can check the date that you reach state pension age on the government webs...
If you do not agree that you have been overpaid you can ask for this to be looked at again and appeal against the decision. See our Challenging Decisions information. The decision letter about the overpayment should include a breakdown of: How much you were overpaid each week...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have the power to impose a fixed rate civil penalty on some claimants who have been overpaid a social security benefit. The civil penalty is £50. It will be added to the total amount of the overpayment and will be recovered by the sa...
When you have been overpaid benefits, the repayments can be taken from you by: Making deductions from your benefit payments Taking it out of benefits that are owed to you, such as arrears Taking amounts directly out of your wages Getting a court order for debt recovery. I...
You will always have to repay overpayments under the Universal Credit system. It does not matter what caused the overpayment. You can still argue that there never was an overpayment. Peter’s employer made a mistake when reporting his income and because of this Peter was paid ...
If you have been overpaid, the benefit office will work out how much you should have been getting. They will work out how much you were overpaid by and they will ask you to pay back the extra money you received. The benefit office will also decide whether you need to pay a ci...
If you think you are being paid too much benefit you should tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) straight away. This is because the longer you leave it the more money you will have to pay back. If you aren’t sure if you are being paid too much benefit, you should ...
An overpayment under the Universal Credit system is an overpayment of Universal Credit, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) or New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). An overpayment means that you have been paid more benefit than you were entitled to. This can hap...