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When you already know the Estate owes the DWP...
On first glance, it seems that my dead brother was claiming Income Support for the last 7 years of his life whilst having £18,000 in savings. I'm sure at times it dipped below £16,000... but probably not often.
He had a very serious illness that prevented him from working at all in the last seven years of his life, but he was mentally alert enough to realised this, and should have bought himself a new computer or something (which he really needed, he still used the one I gave him in 1993)... but, no...
Question: is the DWP's claim limited to the amount of the estate? I've worked out the overpayment is around £23K, and the estate is £18K, and I'm as broke and in debt as I always am already...
Also, if they've overpaid him Income Support, then realise he could have been on another benefit for all that time due to his inability to work, would that reduce the amount of debt? He was denied Disability back in 2003, because he didn't need care and could - only just about - get around... (the last year of his life he couldn't at all)... but it looks as if he didn't bother applying for it again at any point.
Where I'm at at the moment: received the DM15S, filled in it honestly, really annoyed that his £18K estate may be worth zero for the sake of £2k
Thank you kind people....
MissFriendly
He had a very serious illness that prevented him from working at all in the last seven years of his life, but he was mentally alert enough to realised this, and should have bought himself a new computer or something (which he really needed, he still used the one I gave him in 1993)... but, no...
Question: is the DWP's claim limited to the amount of the estate? I've worked out the overpayment is around £23K, and the estate is £18K, and I'm as broke and in debt as I always am already...
Also, if they've overpaid him Income Support, then realise he could have been on another benefit for all that time due to his inability to work, would that reduce the amount of debt? He was denied Disability back in 2003, because he didn't need care and could - only just about - get around... (the last year of his life he couldn't at all)... but it looks as if he didn't bother applying for it again at any point.
Where I'm at at the moment: received the DM15S, filled in it honestly, really annoyed that his £18K estate may be worth zero for the sake of £2k
Thank you kind people....
MissFriendly
