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DWP make a mistake on ESA claim

I've only just realised that my mum's assessment rate is being paid at £66 a week when it should be £71 a week and this is due to the fact that in the savings and investment section of the calculations page, according to them my mum has £7250 :mad: I told them she has £3550 which is correct so how then have they put down £7250?! Really frustrating. Anyone else had this ever happen?? Its frustrating because I need to put in a CTB application and in the savings section, I don't want to put down her balance of £3k and then DWP go around gossiping about to the council that she has £7k and then getting into trouble.

Any wisdom?

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  • rogerblack
    rogerblack Posts: 9,446 Forumite
    Mm, what possible solution could there be other than to contact them, and get them to correct the error?
    Any difference should be repaid.
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