will all money she gets back go on outstanding debt

Spiers1977

Hi my wife just won pip tribunal at the moment £10 is taking out of your pip for overpayment of houseing benefit she is due for some money back from pip appeal will all money she gets back go on outstanding debt anybody can help

Thanks Jon 

Lisatho11987777

@Spiers1977 from experience  the council would of asked pip to take the   10.00  to pay off the overpayment  the money nornsly goes to the person claiming pip it should be  your choice wether you pay anymore of your overpayment when the claimant  receives the money 

This is from my own experience 

MarkM88

It would normally go to debt management first for them to decide, from there they usually make a decision.

Lisatho11987777

@MarkN88 isn't that if its a dwp over payment  this is housing benefit overpayment   which I am paying back from my pip the council  asked for money to be taken  from my pip as they couldn't take it from my universal  credit  unless I havent read the perdons comment the right way ?

Spiers1977

Thanks everybody will wait until letter arrives 

MarkM88

lisathomas50 said:

@MarkN88 isn't that if its a dwp over payment  this is housing benefit overpayment   which I am paying back from my pip the council  asked for money to be taken  from my pip as they couldn't take it from my universal  credit  unless I havent read the perdons comment the right way ?

Yes, I think you are correct, if the local council has asked for it to be taken straight from the benefit, than yes that makes sense. 

I think the only way that debt management would get involved if either you owed the DWP direct or the council had transferred the debt to the DWP, which I don't think can be done, I think only HMRC can transfer their tax credit debt to them as I've heard stories on other forums of this happening.

So, yes, sorry for the confusion. 

Lisatho11987777

@MarkN88 no its fine I thought I had read the post the wrong way 

Spiers1977

Thinks she's on disability living allowance does that make a difference or does it come under pip