johnrob
benefit manager,, housing 21 housing association, selby
Member since 10th Jun 2005
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Thu 10-Apr-08 10:14 AM |
Hi,
I have a bit of a dilemma that I could do with some advice on.
Background is as follows:
I am employed by a registered social landlord to give benefit advice, information and assistance to our tenants, most of whom are pensioners. Whilst visiting a tenant and checking her Pension credit calculations, there is a discrepancy with the amount of capital that is being used in the PC calculation and the capital that the tenant actually has (tenant has a lot more than is being used in PC calculation). I discussed the capital aspect with her as I was hoping that the increase in capital was after the PC had been awarded and the AIP had been set but sadly this is not the case. Tenant sold her home, moved into rented accomodation and applied for PC after she had received the proceeds from the sale. She put some of the proceeds from the sale of the house into a bank account which has been declared to PC. The rest was put into bonds and ISA's which haven't been declared - this totals approx £20,000.
Dilemma I have is now that I know this information, am I obliged to report it to PC or as an independant adviser employed by a housing association do I have to respect the tenants confindentiality?
Has anyone else ever been in the situation and if so, what course of action was taken?
Any views, comments or suggestions would be gratefully received.
Regards
John
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