Hi Everybody,
This is my first post, and hopefully my last! (probably not though) I will try and keep it brief.
I am the administrator to my Aunt's estate, after completing all formalities, it is unfortunate that DWP Debt Management have raised their heads. They think there have been overpayments in Pension Credit. From all accounts she was quite a poorly lady and on all sorts of benefits when she died at 75 without friends or family. The Council cleared out her flat, and I have been given very little of her paperwork.
Debt Management have asked me to supply bank statements from 2003 and 2008 of which I've worked out the reason for requesting those 2 dates, these 2 statements have been sent, and they are now fishing for further information regarding an old savings account, which I now know was closed in 2002. Plus they would like to know where she got her capital from, a question I do not know the answer to.
I have 2 questions for the forum:
1, A solicitor has told my husband that he thinks they can only claim back 6 years? Or can they claim back to 2003? At the time (2003) she was just over the £10,000 threshold.
2, Would be better to say no idea where she came by her capital?
To sum up, I suspect she was overpaid, but I think as she was incapacitated and unable to leave her flat, lived a frugal life, even without an up to date working telly (from a health assessment I found in her papers) and she basically accrued the capital over years.
Before I reply back to them I would appreciate any feedback from the forum
Thanks in advance
This is my first post, and hopefully my last! (probably not though) I will try and keep it brief.
I am the administrator to my Aunt's estate, after completing all formalities, it is unfortunate that DWP Debt Management have raised their heads. They think there have been overpayments in Pension Credit. From all accounts she was quite a poorly lady and on all sorts of benefits when she died at 75 without friends or family. The Council cleared out her flat, and I have been given very little of her paperwork.
Debt Management have asked me to supply bank statements from 2003 and 2008 of which I've worked out the reason for requesting those 2 dates, these 2 statements have been sent, and they are now fishing for further information regarding an old savings account, which I now know was closed in 2002. Plus they would like to know where she got her capital from, a question I do not know the answer to.
I have 2 questions for the forum:
1, A solicitor has told my husband that he thinks they can only claim back 6 years? Or can they claim back to 2003? At the time (2003) she was just over the £10,000 threshold.
2, Would be better to say no idea where she came by her capital?
To sum up, I suspect she was overpaid, but I think as she was incapacitated and unable to leave her flat, lived a frugal life, even without an up to date working telly (from a health assessment I found in her papers) and she basically accrued the capital over years.
Before I reply back to them I would appreciate any feedback from the forum
Thanks in advance
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