I'm still a bit confused...
Does the waiting period only run from the date of her refused claim for IS? Schedule 3 s.14 para 5 says that, where a person is not entitled to IS because of too much income or capital, they can be treated as entitled for days when they were entitled to SSP or IB - only carers and lone parents have to have actually made a claim to fix the start of the entitlement (subpara 5A) - confirmed by CJSA 4613/2001 (p 581 in "Social Security Legislation 2004".
My client has had SSP for 28 weeks, and has just started on IB - if she buys a property in, say January, and claims IS then, am I right in thinking that, according to Schedule 3 s.14 para 5, she could be treated as entitled to IS for the preceding 39 weeks, and so have housing costs paid straight away? (She is neither a carer nor a lone parent - she is single).
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