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ESA -notification of overpayment (acknowledged by ESA as their fault)
Am I correct in thinking that as there is no schedule of Overpayment that the letter to client stating you have been overpaid (detailing amounts and dates is not sufficient to enforce recovery process)
I’m fairly certain DWP have to be seen to ask for money back (even though they acknowledge they are cause of
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Thanks in advance
Don’t there have to be two DECISIONS?
1) that an overpayment has been incurred
2) that the overpayment is recoverable (from the claimant).
Both decisions carry a right of challenge, by MR and then by appeal. If there really has been an official error, then there is no point challenging the fact that there has been an overpayment, and only the recoverability needs to be challenged.