Income Support overpayment repayment methods

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Social Security Administration Act 1992




71 (8) Where any amount paid is recoverable under—
(a) subsection (1) above;
(b) regulations under subsection (4) or (7) above; or
(c) section 74 below,
it may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered by deduction from prescribed benefits.






What are the prescribed benefits ?

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Re: Income Support overpayment repayment methods

Found it -
The Social Security Act 1998 (Prescribed Benefits) Regulations 2006

Prescribed benefits
2.The benefits prescribed for the purposes of section 8(3)(h) of the Social Security Act 1998 (decisions by Secretary of State) are—

• (a) the following benefits under the Social Security Act 1975[3]—
  
  
  • (i) sickness benefit under section 14;
    
    (ii) unemployment benefit under section 14;
    
    (iii) invalidity pension under section 15;
    
    (iv) invalidity allowance under section 16;
    
    (v) attendance allowance under section 35; and
    
    (vi) mobility allowance under section 37A;
    
  
  (b) supplementary benefit under the Supplementary Benefit Act 1976[4].

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Re: Income Support overpayment repayment methods

Overpayment (according to the DWP debt management team) must be repaid by either;

Direct Debit

Debit Card

Cheque

Cash at a Job Centre

Over the Counter at HSBC

Over the Counter at a post office (but this costs £1.50 per transaction)

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Re: Income Support overpayment repayment methods

I'm looking for some advice- basically following a Tribunal decision after Appeal ( one year ago approx - this was for an overpayment of income support paid as incapacity benefit) DWP have now contacted me asking for the repayment. I had heard nothing from them in all this time and had actually thought I had misread the judgement and it had in fact been in my favour. Is there a time linit in which they can ask for repayments or must I comply and arrange payment programme?