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Personal Injury Payments
Looking for opinions really as not sure if this will fly…..
What do people think the definition of Personal Injuries Payment is when related to means-tested benefits?
Specifically, I am helping a tenant who has managed to make a claim under an income protection type policy which has paid out a large lump sum due to her being assessed as being permanently disabled by her health conditions. She has been receiving some ESAib (SDP top-up of a contribution-related award) and HB/CTB. A colleague suggested that this money might be disregarded for 52 weeks (and if we can get a trust fund set up, longer).
Any knowledge out there on whether this type of thing would qualify? It hadn’t occurred to me as I (and tenant) were just chuffed to get the company to pay out…...
Mairi