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Carers premium run on following a death

Den DANES
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I am working with a claimant of HB/CTB who was a carer for her husband who died in September 2015. She first claimed HB/CTB AFTER he died but in the period when the 8 week run on of the Carers Premium would have still applied. She was 67 in 2017. When I began working with her in february this year the Carers premium was still on her HB/CTB calculation. We alerted the L.A to this and they have sent another calculation letter to her stating that they have checked with the DWP and been told that her underlying entitlement to Carers Premium is still correct and hence it is still on her applicable amount.
Am I missing something or is the calculation still incorrect ? Presumably we can try and argue for discretion not to recoup the over payment (if there is one) - especially as we have alerted them to the error and they have continued to apply it.