H1767 Cost of Living Payments should not be considered as part of a claimant’s capital:
1. during the AP they are received or 2. In any subsequent AP they remain unspent
I found the above. Basically saying if they remain unspent? But if the account it went into the capital did go lower than the COL payments received but my savings in my other account did not drop below the cost of living payments then can it still be seen as being unspent?
It depends if the DWP decided to investigate. They may just ask you if you spent the COL payment. You may be interviewed and asked to sign a statement regarding your expenditure.
David
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