DWP Universal Credit over payment

[gripper180]

hi all,

 

iv just received a letter from dwp about what i believe to be an advance payment for uc i had in june 2018.

i think the sum was £600 of which i paid 4 monthly payments of £50 from my benefit.

 

i started to receive my pension in nov that year and it seems no more money was taken so they are saying i owe £400 to this date.

am i still liable for this amount after over 3 years ago. 

 

thanks.

Edited January 20, 2022 by dx100uk
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[dx100uk]

id goto their website and fil in their SAR.

 

not sure if you are still liable but they must produce evidence to prove it!!

 

 

 

 

[Bazooka Boo]

Did your benefit stop when you started to receive your pension?

 

Did they just stop collecting it from your benefits?

 

As DX says send them a SAR which is free, but overpayments from the DWP/ advances are certainly repayable regardless of the length of time that has passed.

 

Are you sure they are not deducting this out of your pension, if it is a state pension?

[unclebulgaria67]

Your UC claim (presuming it was a single claim) should have closed following you reaching state pension age.

 

The remaining unpaid advance would then have been referred to DWP Debt Management and they are now contacting you to see how you want to repay this.  If you take no action to agree repayment based on what you can afford, then I suspect you will start to see deductions from your pension.

 

Yes you can send SAR, but if you are sure it is £400 still owed, then see if you can come to a repayment agreement, as at least you then have some say in how much each month you are paying back.

[gripper180]

hi bazooka,

my uc stopped when i started receiving my state pension and they just stopped taking the repayments back till now just over 3 yrs later they send me a letter.

Edited January 23, 2022 by dx100uk
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