Subject:
"Should CA arrears be treated as income for HB?"
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Hugos
Welfare Rights caseworker, Lambeth Law Centre Member since 08th Oct 2009
Should CA arrears be treated as income for HB? Thu 17-Dec-09 07:44 PM
My cl got a notice awarding her CA in Sept. It was backdated to March so she was paid a lump sum of arrears and the CA was paid weekly as from Sept. When looking at her HB calcs I noticed that HB had added CA as income from March, even though she wasn't in receipt of weekly CA payments until Sept. I know some benefit arrears are ignored as income but I can't see CA on the list. Can anyone advise? HB also added CP from March - which is fine.
writer/editor, rightsnet Member since 16th Nov 2009
RE: Should CA arrears be treated as income for HB? Fri 18-Dec-09 01:01 PM
the carer's premium should be awarded back to the date of the CA award though: reg 4(7B) of HB (decisions and appeals) regs allow the HB award to be revised from date CA awarded.