carmind wrote: What will happen to income-based ESA payments if a back payment of outstanding benefit entitlement puts savings over £16k?
Back payments should be disregarded for 52 weeks, I think large amounts should be disregarded indefinitely but I can't find a reference, the claimant still needs to report that they have exceeded the limit, but only because of the payment and they may need to provide bank statements.
Gordon
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