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10 years 6 months ago #128036 by susananne93
Income Support overpayment Disabled Student. was created by susananne93
My son is disabled and started university in 2011. He started a couple of months late (November 2011) and Student Finance took ages to sort out his finance. I informed Income Support on the 1/10/11 of his change of circumstances and that I would send his Entitlement Letter as soon as Student Finance sent it. Student Finance sent the entitlement letter at the beginning of January 2012 which I immediately forwarded to Income Support. They now, out of the blue, sent me an overpayment letter demanding over £1,000. This is despite me sorting this out last January 2014. DWP informed me that there was no debt as it was a clerical error and I had kept them fully informed. My autistic son has finished university but is too scared to claim any sort of benefit even though he is entitled. They now say they will take a third out of his DLA which is his only source of income now.

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10 years 6 months ago #128038 by Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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I am going to recommend that you get face to face advice from a qualified advisor, you need someone who can sit down with you and go through all of the documentation involved in the case, something we cannot do on the forum.
Do an internet search for "welfare advice" with your postcode, town or county.
Gordon
I am going to recommend that you get face to face advice from a qualified advisor, you need someone who can sit down with you and go through all of the documentation involved in the case, something we cannot do on the forum.
Do an internet search for "welfare advice" with your postcode, town or county.
Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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