Hi – Hoping someone can clarify this for me…. 🙂
Situation – Clm was receiving ESA(IR) & informed the ESA department on the 15/02/2011 that she had started working & for whatever reason (DWP ERROR) they continued to pay her ESA for period Jan 11 – Nov 11
We received ETD Oct 2011 informing us that her ESA cancelled back to Jan causing £3981 O/p
We then cancelled claim causing O/p
The ESA O/p is now deemed as Offical Error – Non recoverable
The problem I have is now I come to award U/E using her wage details, do I use the amount of ESA that she was getting as an income too? as U/E is for her’actual incomefor the period of O/p’ which would of been wages & ESA
but something isnt sitting right with me to use it as in fact this is a written off O/p & I think we should be writing it off so to speak & following suit with DWP decision. If I was to treat this as a CIC – I wouldnt be using it!?!
Please help – Thanks