Overpayment and didnt complete form

confusion83

Hello,

Advice badly needed.

Long story but the short version is i claimed in 2010-2011 and sent all the forms and evidence ect then cancelled claim when my partner and I got back together after our second child.

I was sent a letter saying i owed £5000 in overpayments because of lack of evidence with child care even though they had receipts and ofsted number, at this time I was already suffering bad post natal depression which after 14 months im finally coming out of the other end.

I've decided to separate with my partner and need to claim again, i do work 21 hours aweek but not sure if i will be allowed to claim again and cant seem to get through on the phone.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

marliepanda

I'm assuming you did not pay back the £5000 and it has not been successfully appealed against?

You can claim but they will take back the overpayments from what you will be entitled to (which is good cos then you will be paying it back and it won't just sit there)

Icequeen99

marliepanda wrote: »

I'm assuming you did not pay back the £5000 and it has not been successfully appealed against?

You can claim but they will take back the overpayments from what you will be entitled to (which is good cos then you will be paying it back and it won't just sit there)

Thats not correct. The OP will have to pay the old overpayment. They cant recover an old overpayment from a new claim (although they plan to do so from April 14)

IQ

marliepanda

Icequeen99 wrote: »

Thats not correct. The OP will have to pay the old overpayment. They cant recover an old overpayment from a new claim (although they plan to do so from April 14)

IQ

Oh weird, they took an old joint overpayment from my ex's new single claim? Maybe he agreed to it?