Court damages payout and esa

Nutmegshouse
Nutmegshouse Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited March 2022 in Benefits and income
If i were to accept 8k from settlement in damages from disrepair claim how would this affect my ir esa. 

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,536 Championing
    Hi @Nutmegshouse and welcome to the community. I'm afraid I don't have the knowledge to answer your question for now, but I've marked it as unanswered so that our members can find it more easily, and perhaps advise you.

    If you're unsure about anything else, please don't hesitate to ask.

    Alex
  • JustPete
    JustPete Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 303 Empowering
    @Nutmegshouse I see you posted in December last year.  Did you resolve your issue?
  • JustPete
    JustPete Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 303 Empowering
    Probably should be closed............I'll flag it
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    Why should a thread be closed when someone hasn't returned? If this was the case then there would be an awful lots of threads closed. People post questions all the time and never return.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,469 Championing
    I've kept this thread open, in case anyone stumbles across this thread and has some advice, or in case @nutmegshouse would like to return and update us on their situation :) 
  • AndrewHall
    AndrewHall Online Community Member Posts: 322 Empowering
    Nutmegshouse said:
    If i were to accept 8k from settlement in damages from disrepair claim how would this affect my ir esa. 
    Yes,  you will need to declare it.  Payments (other than personal injuries and benefits) are counted as the capital for means tested benefits 

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