Social fund loan

KimYeovil

... and social fund loans (and similar) are not subject to the 6 or 5 year statute barring. They can be reclaimed at any time.

gizmo111

KimYeovil wrote: »

... and social fund loans (and similar) are not subject to the 6 or 5 year statute barring. They can be reclaimed at any time.

They can't go to court after 6 years but they can take them from any future benefit.

jopwo_87

lifesuckssometimes wrote: »

I hope you guys don't get in a situation were you lose your job and have to depend on benefits as the OP may have. As im sure many like yourself s will look down on you and make the same childish judgements

Childish like refusing to pay back £80 you mean?

richard9991

gizmo111 wrote: »

They can't go to court after 6 years but they can take them from any future benefit.

i dont think goverment money ie social securiy/tax /council tax etc ever gets statute barred and has to be repaid if you are working now they will apply for an attachment of earnings to your salary statute barring only applies to connsumer credit agreements that you sighn not social fund loans.

lifesuckssometimes

jopwo_87 wrote: »

Childish like refusing to pay back £80 you mean?

You understand full well :rolleyes:

lifesuckssometimes

andrew_b wrote: »

In November 2003 I received a social fund loan from the DWP for £80. I believed that it was to be deducted from my benifits while I was unemployed.

Today (12/3/2009) I received a demand from them for repayment of this money. Is this correct or is there a date limit outside of 5 years when I would not be liable? :eek:This bit does seem like a get out of paying

:eek::eek:

Nigella_2

I owed less than £1 (one pound) and they took it 12 years later from benefits!!!! (I paid back by installments but missed the shrapnel element)

It never goes away, if you can't pay in one go you can come to an arrangement.

lifesuckssometimes

Nigella wrote: »

I owed less than £1 (one pound) and they took it 12 years later from benefits!!!! (I paid back by installments but missed the shrapnel element)

It never goes away, if you can't pay in one go you can come to an arrangement.

I paid back by installments) WHY

fatbelly

gizmo111 wrote: »

They can't go to court after 6 years but they can take them from any future benefit.

This is correct.

But I should just point out that the six-year period starts to run from when the debt was last acknowledged either by a payment or in writing.

So this debt will not necessarily become statute barred in November 2009.

richard9991

fatbelly wrote: »

This is correct.

But I should just point out that the six-year period starts to run from when the debt was last acknowledged either by a payment or in writing.

So this debt will not necessarily become statute barred in November 2009.

social fund loans are not covered by cca s they are dwp payments and always have to be repaid this the law