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Stranded abroad

Welfare BU
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A colleague has a client claiming UC who has been stranded abroad for 2 weeks now.  Has the Government mentioned any proposals to deal with that as this will start to affect a raft of benefits if the clients are stranded abroad for more than 4 weeks?  I couldn’t find anything.

Charlie.RNIB
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Bump. Has anyone seen anything about this, including the rules on temporary absence for disability benefits and ESA?

Paul_Treloar_AgeUK
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This isn’t really definitive as such but in a telephone conversation with an official from the Pension Service last week, he indicated that the strong steer from ministers was that people shouldn’t be penalised if they were overpaid as a result of being stranded abroad and exceeding the usual temporary absence restrictions.

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Do not think there has been any changes on this, has anyone seen or heard anything about this scenario?

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