I'm not sure I agree that the income support still has to be in payment for a supersession to be successful, as long as the start of the DLA award was during the income support award (and only effective from after the income support award started).
If the DLA was awarded after the decision awarding income support, but was itself effective from a date on or preceding the effective date of the income support award, the income support decision can be revised.
If the DLA was awarded after the decision awarding income support, but was itself effective from a date after the effective date of the income support award, the income support decision can be superseded under 6(2)(e).
However,if the DLA was already in payment when income support is awarded, the decision cannot be revised for ignorance or mistake of fact (as the outcome would be more advantageous to the client) but, if DLA was declared on the application, there could be grounds to revise for official error.
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