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Carers Allowance Overpayment Urgent Help Please?
simonleblank
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My son has been receiving carers allowance for looking after my mother. He does the 35 hours per week and stops over a couple of nights per week to help out.
He has received a Notice of Overpayment for £4,086.80. This relates to payments made between 27/08/2007 to 12/09/2010.
It says that the overpayment occurred because his circumstances changed and the office that paid the benefit was not told about the level of earnings change in the household. I believe that some weeks he must have earned over the threshold.
This was obviously his mistake.
Can they demand all of the monies going back over 3 years?
His current earnings are about £160 per week.
Can anybody please offer advice as this is a lot of money for him to repay?
He has received a Notice of Overpayment for £4,086.80. This relates to payments made between 27/08/2007 to 12/09/2010.
It says that the overpayment occurred because his circumstances changed and the office that paid the benefit was not told about the level of earnings change in the household. I believe that some weeks he must have earned over the threshold.
This was obviously his mistake.
Can they demand all of the monies going back over 3 years?
His current earnings are about £160 per week.
Can anybody please offer advice as this is a lot of money for him to repay?
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simonleblank wrote: »Can they demand all of the monies going back over 3 years?
His current earnings are about £160 per week.
Can anybody please offer advice as this is a lot of money for him to repay?
Yes they can reclaim the whole overpayment. It's worth checking their calculations to make sure they're correct but if he's been paid CA when he's not eligible then he needs to repay. He needs to speak to them to discuss whether he can arrange a repayment schedule rather than repaying in a lum sum.
The maximum a person is allowed to earn whilst claiming CA is £100 gross after allowable costs
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/MoneyMatters/CarersAllowance/DG_100125250
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