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Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong catagory.My mother has been sent a letter saying that her mother was overpaid
a sum amount while she was alive. Becuase she (Her mother) went into
hospital and didnt tell DWP. Anyway to cut a long story short. The
amount is not huge and My mother wants to set up a re-payment plan with
the DWP Debt Management team. Will the DWP Debt Management team want to
see bank statments and other documents to set up the re-payment plan? Or
will the DWP Debt Management team and My mother just agree on a monthly
amount that she can afford. She does get Pension credit, only a few
hundred per month. Thanks
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Hi hope you are well today? How long was she in hospital? does she get SRP plus pension credits? how long was she in hospital?\ difficult to advise on limited information2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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Hi and welcome to the community. I am not too sure about how the DWP debt management works but other debt management just go through income and expenditure and come to an agreement on payment plan without seeing any bank statements or anything else
I was told I dont know if it is true that if you make an offer of a payment then they cant refuse it and this has always been true in my case
Hope this helps and you get something sorted
I wold also enquire as it isnt your mothers debt is it still recoverable, was you mother a guarantor or benefit from her will.
May be worth getting advice from CAB or welfare rights -
It was my Mother who was the guarantor of her mother ( I think )
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Ok but you dont normally have a guarantor for DWP they are for loans and rent etc in case the lender doesn't pay
Get some expert advice -
Sorry my first reply doesn't even make sense to me now -( if your gran has died owing the DWP overpaid benefits then they can only be reclaimed from her estate, if she left no estate then no money is owed. I hope that makes more sense? But as @janer1967 says if in doubt get expert advice.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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Hi,If she did leave estate then this shouldn't have been distributed until everything that was owed was repaid back, including the DWP overpayment.I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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poppy123456 said:Hi,If she did leave estate then this shouldn't have been distributed until everything that was owed was repaid back, including the DWP overpayment.
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As I said in my first post debt management dont usually ask for bank statements just income and expenditure
Either speak to CAB or ask DWP -
They have already said that she can set up a payment plan. This is a situation that went back 4 years ago, so its not recent. The case is abit complex. But all I know is that they have said that she can sep-up a payment plan
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The decision was made about 3 and a half years ago. Shortly after that she spoke to the DWP, they told her to forget all about it. And we did, then she gets a follow up letter 2 weeks ago reminding her that they have tried to contact her and so forth, and she has two options, to pay in full or to set up payment plan. And my mother was the executor. So thats why they contacted her.As others have said, I think Im going to CAB , as its abit complex. And I really think me and my mother just need to speak to someone. But thanks for the advise given.Will take that into consideration
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I will have to get some more info and facts , but we have decided to fight the case and not give in so easy. From what we have read on here and other sites.
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