Benefit caped

jacob02
jacob02 Online Community Member Posts: 11 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)
Hi just want to ask you i am benefit caped on Universal credit. And recently awarded Pip so i have been trying to call UC asking the lady if still be caped if recently get pip she said Yes i will be. I am not sure as i was reading i wont be affected after pip. Any answers? Thanks

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,000 Championing
    edited October 2022
    As is so often the case you have been given the wrong advice.

    If you are in receipt of PIP you are excluded from the benefit cap.

    https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap/when-youre-not-affected

    If your PIP award has been backdated (as I would expect it to be) UC need to recalculate all of your payments up to when the PIP award starts from too.

    Report the award of PIP and then post a payment query and ask that they remove the benefit cap back to xxxx.
  • jacob02
    jacob02 Online Community Member Posts: 11 Listener
    calcotti said:
    As is so often the case you have been given the wrong advice.

    If you are in receipt of PIP you are excluded from the benefit cap.

    https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap/when-youre-not-affected

    If your PIP award has been backdated (as I would expect it to be) UC need to recalculate all of your payments up to when the PIP award starts from too.

    Report the award of PIP and then post a payment query and ask that they remove the benefit cap back to xxxx.
    Thank you for the Reply👍👍
  • jacob02
    jacob02 Online Community Member Posts: 11 Listener
    jacob02 said:
    calcotti said:
    As is so often the case you have been given the wrong advice.

    If you are in receipt of PIP you are excluded from the benefit cap.

    https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap/when-youre-not-affected

    If your PIP award has been backdated (as I would expect it to be) UC need to recalculate all of your payments up to when the PIP award starts from too.

    Report the award of PIP and then post a payment query and ask that they remove the benefit cap back to xxxx.
    Thank you for the Repl



    Hi i have been writing in to my journal to be backdated and this what they told me

    an under-payment has generated but
     because you have debt with the
     DWP we have to offer the payment 
to Debt Management to 
potentially use 
against what you owe. 
You will receive a letter 
in your journal explaining this.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    Yes, if you owe them money they can take this from any money they owe you. Once debt management have made a decision you will receive a letter on your journal.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 174 Listener
    It appears that you owe debt, in which case it can be fully deducted from your PIP back payment. They have every right to demand payment for outstanding debt. At least it will be paid off, and won't have it hanging over you.

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