Or am I getting my knickers in a twist about nothing?

The local council is attempting to recover a small HB overpayment from my client, and we will argue it's not recoverable.

However that aside, I've just spotted that the claimant was not my client but his wife. All the way through the process decision letters have gone to the husband and the appeal is in his name. Does this have any significance whatsoever?

Steve

Reg 101 does give the LA powers to recover from a claimant's partner but the claimant and partner must have been part of the same household both when the overpayment was made and when it was recovered.

Also, recovery from a claimant’s partner cannot usually be made where the actual payments were made to a landlord instead of the claimant.