I was on IB, I'm now claiming IS at a reduced rate while I'm waiting for a 
review.

I've been seeing a SIBA arranged job broker.  They've jsut sent me a cheque 
for £50.

Do I need to declare this to the Housing Benefit / CTB people; and what 
effect will it have on those benefits?

Will it make any difference if my appeal finds in my favour an back-pays me 
all the IB?

bealoid wrote:
> I was on IB, I'm now claiming IS at a reduced rate while I'm waiting for a 
> review.
> 
> I've been seeing a SIBA arranged job broker.  They've jsut sent me a cheque 
> for £50.
> 
> Do I need to declare this to the Housing Benefit / CTB people; and what 
> effect will it have on those benefits?
> 
> Will it make any difference if my appeal finds in my favour an back-pays me 
> all the IB?

If you are on IS then any income or savings does not need to be declared 
to HB or CTB sections at all - it is the IS section at the DWP that you 
would need to inform. However in this case, this payment should be 
classed as capital (ie savings) - it is a one off payment and isn't 
classed as earnings or a benefit. Nor is it paid for an item that IS is 
meant to cover (eg if someone pays a gas bill for you).

What do you mean by your final paragraph? Do you mean about repaying the 
£50 or something else?

Robbie

Robbie  wrote in
news:5qh89qFvnfa6U1@mid.individual.net: 

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> What do you mean by your final paragraph? Do you mean about repaying
> the £50 or something else?

I was on IB long term higher rate.  I had a medical review, which said that 
I was able to work.  I'm appealing that, and while the appeal is going 
through I'm claiming IS reduced rate.

The difference between the IB I was claiming and the IS I am claiming is 
significant, and I'm hoping -if the appeal finds that I am unfit for work- 
that they'll back-pay the difference.

But, while I've been claiming a smaller amount in IS I've been getting a 
higher rate of housing benefit, so I'm guessing that I'll have to repay 
some HB.