Hi All

I have an overpayment case where a pensioner couple had their IS stopped due to one of them receiving a works pension, although they did not receive notification of this, their IS just ceased. They notified the local housing office immediately but they took one year to action the change of circs.LA accepts it is their error but said it was reasonable for them to know of overpayment, fact they queried it on numerous occasions at local office shows they were aware and therfore LA will recover. They are quoting CH 2888/2002 which appears in Findlay HBRegs 04/05 but I cannot source it at Commissioners Office site,and they have not included the comment that 'claimant can eventually form the view, reasonably, that the LA does not regard the increased income as relevant to their HB entitlement.'Does anyone have a copy available to e-mail or point me in direction of copy.

Hi Anne,

CH/2888/2002 is available via the www.hbinfo.org site.

Thanks. I appreciate the help.

I had a similar case like this last year, I advised our tenant to request the amount of recovery of £8.40 to be reduced. The only reason was that if the LA had actually assessed the case on time, the difference in entitlement that the tenant would have had to pay per week would have been less than £8.40.

The LA agreed and reduced the recovery amount.