Income related esa and pension credit

Hi Angel. I have been unable to get this verified by the dwp when I rang I was told that they are not able to send out this information and that I should ring Age uk. To get the information that I am looking for. Not what I was hoping for.

Thank you for your reply Gary. I will follow this up and keep you updated.

Hi Samphire… The trouble with the DWP is that they are unaware of their own guidelines… maybe write to them (recorded delivery) and quote the guidelines you saw. Asking for them to pass it on to a manager so that you have it in writing. They are avoiding this as they don’t actually know….. aaaaargh….. xx

Official error arrears and compensation
[Legislation 32]
There are special rules if the amount of arrears or compensation is £5,000 or more and is to put right an earlier official error:
 if your customer received the payment less than a year before they started to get Pension Credit it will be ignored for a year from the date they received it.
 if they receive the payment while they are getting Pension Credit it will be ignored for as long as they continue to get Pension Credit.
 if they were getting Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit immediately before they started to get Pension Credit, and the payment was ignored in that benefit, it will be ignored for as long as they continue to get Pension Credit.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governm...-advisers.pdf#page41

Throw this at them. You will be fine
Thank you btw…. I now know for myself… I was wondering about this for further down the line xx