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IB/IS/CA
This should be quite straightforward but I would just like to check it.
Cl. on IB (LT), DLA (HRM; MRC); IS top up. Wife on CA for caring for him. Recent DWP notification shows CA as part of the income & a carers premium included in calculating the Personal Allowance. This is correct so far as I can see.
But in Feb. 2010 DWP issued a notification which did not mention wife’s CA or include the carers premium. The result of the change is to reduce the IS payable by about £20 p wk.
Wife has been on CA for about 3 years & Cl. says this is the first time it has been included as part of the income.
It rather looks as if DWP made a mistake & are now correcting it, but I’d be grateful for any comments/corrections to what I think the situation is.
I’d say your thinking is correct, there’s been a mistake and it’s been corrected.
Any indication of an overpayment?
Thanks for that. Nothing has been said about o/p - so far! Seems to me that if it is raised, it should not be recoverable - no way Cl. could have realised he was being overpaid.