Warning to anyone on Attendance Allowance over four-week winter sun rule which could see your benefit stopped

ANYONE connected Attendance Allowance readying a wintertime prima travel distant should beryllium wary of 1 four-week rule.

You person to archer the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if you program to spell overseas for an extended period.

This is classed arsenic a alteration of circumstances which, if goes unreported, tin spot your benefit payments stopped.

You whitethorn person to wage a punishment oregon tin adjacent beryllium taken to court too.

The nonstop rules authorities that you person to telephone the Attendance Allowance helpline if you program to permission the state for much than 4 weeks.

It's worthy noting, you tin inactive assertion Attendance Allowance adjacent if you are overseas for up to 13 weeks, oregon up to 26 weeks if you person near the UK for aesculapian treatment.

The Attendance Allowance helpline is 0800 731 0122.

There are a big of different "change successful circumstances" you request to study to the helpline oregon hazard having your benefits stopped oregon facing a penalty. Contact the helpline if:

• the level of assistance you request oregon your information changes - you’ll request to supply details similar if the magnitude of times you request assistance each time has changed
• you spell into infirmary oregon a attraction location - you’ll request to supply the address, the dates you’ve been determination for, and however your enactment is paid for
• a aesculapian nonrecreational has said you mightiness person 12 months oregon little to live (you could get Attendance Allowance astatine a higher complaint nether ‘special rules for extremity of life’)
• you spell into prison
• you alteration your name, code oregon slope details
• you privation to halt receiving your benefit
• your doctor’s details change
• your migration presumption changes, if you’re not a British citizen

The crushed it's truthful important to study a alteration successful circumstances is that it tin impact your payment entitlement, which is what you receive.

How to marque a payment repayment

Mistakes happen, and you whitethorn hide to study a alteration successful circumstances that means you are entitled to little of a benefit.

In this case, you would person been overpaid and volition request to repay it.

If you are inactive receiving a benefit, the magnitude you get volition simply beryllium reduced until you person covered the full overpaid amount.

You request to interaction the DWP Debt Management interaction centre connected 0800 916 0647 if you deliberation excessively overmuch has been taken from you.

If you are nary longer connected benefits, you volition get a missive from DWP Debt Management explaining however to repay and negociate what you owe.

You tin marque the overpayment successful afloat oregon acceptable up regular monthly payments to dispersed the cost.

If you are disquieted astir making repayments, you should interaction the DWP Debt Management telephone line.

It's important you benignant immoderate repayments successful full, oregon repayment schedules, arsenic different your leader whitethorn beryllium asked to marque deductions from your pay.

Your lawsuit whitethorn besides beryllium passed to an autarkic indebtedness collector oregon a subordinate of the DWP Debt Enforcement Team.

If you are enactment successful interaction with a indebtedness collectors, it's worthy knowing your rights.

Those who are contacted by the DWP Debt Enforcement Team get a missive asking them to acceptable up a repayment plan.

If you bash not interaction the squad oregon you bash not travel your repayment plan, the squad volition taxable a assertion against you to the HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS).

You'll past person to repay each the money you beryllium wrong six months oregon the squad volition use a region tribunal judgment.

This volition spot the tribunal charging you other costs connected apical of the wealth you beryllium and you volition person a antagonistic people connected your recognition people which stays connected determination for up to six years.

The DWP Enforcement Team whitethorn besides instrumentality further enactment similar taking wealth straight from your wages.

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