dwp potential claim letter.

Pollycat

PC is calculated taking income & savings into account so it's hard to say if £9 per week is correct or not.

Do you not have any old letters from DWP that relate to your dad's PC claim?

On GOV.UK website, it does ask for details of bonds as well as savings.
I'm not sure if the type of bond your Dad had should have been declared at the time the PC claim was completed..

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Thanks Polly cat i will look. It seems like he was assesed wrongly if he owes it fair enough. My worry is it's housing benifit also but an op said that's la not dwp so here's hoping.

Pollycat

BEAT_THE_DEBT wrote: »

Thanks Polly cat i will look. It seems like he was assesed wrongly if he owes it fair enough. My worry is it's housing benifit also but an op said that's la not dwp so here's hoping.

Don't assume he was assessed wrongly, Yorkshireman says this:

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

That sort of policy does not usually form a part of the estate and in any case should not affect the amount of any Means Tested Benefits. Hence there probably will be no repayment due to the DWP.

I think it would sort things out quicker if you could find a letter that mentions AIP.
How old was your Dad?

AIPs tended to be granted to older claimants.

BEAT_THE_DEBT

He was 81 he was awarded it in 2011. I will ask my sister to look for aip letter,if not will dwp have it logged on their system as such?
Thanks for all your help i really appreciate it It is a bong generator life that would push is over threashold for minmum savings and although had cash in value it was a lige insurance policy for him.
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Pollycat

I've found this that may be helpful:

Do I need to tell you if my circumstances change?
If you are 65 or over and get Pension Credit, you may
not have to let us know of changes to how you fund your retirement for a set period of time
- for example changes to your savings investments and occupational or personal pensions. This is called an ‘Assessed Income Period’ and can last for up to five years.
If you are over 75, there is no time limit.
If you do not have an assessed income period, you should tell us of any changes in your circumstances.
Even if you have an assessed income period, you should tell us straight away about changes other than how you are funding your retirement

Link (page 2):
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540426/pension-credit-extra-information-factsheet.pdf

BEAT_THE_DEBT

That is so helpful thank you he was 76 when he was awarded it. I do hope they have this on file
Thank you Pollycat x

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Thinking on it i did have a nursing home bill that has not been paid as he wasn't there long before he died. I rang them and told them the name of the solicitor who is the executor and i gave the bill to them, Could this be what dwp are writing about?
tia
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lincroft1710

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

The DWP do take ages though.

My father died over 10 yrs ago. A month or so later I had a letter from DWP claiming they had overpaid his state pension. No mention of which week's pension was overpaid or (from memory) the actual amount overpaid.

I ignored the letter and needless to say am still waiting for a reminder. I do still wonder if DWP were trying it on.

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Hi the solicitor can't distribute estate until they have been paid anything that is owed,which is fine but it will just take about another 5-6 months

BEAT_THE_DEBT

dwp have asked for all policies from s widows and banks accounts he was on pension credit though which i didn't think was means tested?