We have a unusual situation where DHP has been paid.
The claimant received a compensation payment in 2002 which was never declared to the Council. As we cannot disregard the payment the claimant has been overpaid Housing Benefit from 2002 to 2005, this overpayment includes DHP.
Taking into account the claimant’s needs and circumstances we have decided to recover the DHP overpayment, which totals £6,000.
Can anyone clarify for me if the claimant decides to repay the overpayment in a lump sum as he has capital in his bank account, can we put the payment back into the DHP fund for the financial year in which the repayment is made.
For example if the claimant repays the fulll overpayment in December 2009 can we put the funds into the budget for 2009/10 year?
Many thanks