Hi all,
Bit of a weird one here,hoping someone can point me in the right direction !
Have been unemployed a year and a half until last week....about three months ago,had a letter from DWP saying they were going to stop nearly £5 a week from my benefits due to "another income".After calling them,I was advised they had discovered I was getting a pension and so,therefore,I had been overpaid £169 ! News to me ! Apparently,It is with Standard Life but I don't know anything about it ! I have emailed and written to Standard Life without getting any reply.Three calls to DWP have all given me a different monthe when this was supposed to have kicked in,November,January and Febuary ! DWP have sent no supporting paperwork or evidence of this supposed pension(I have never signed up to a pension,they are saying it's a company pension).Another letter arrived today demanding I pay by Febuary 14th.I have written on the letter and posted it back to them with the same answer ! I know nothing about it and besides....How can it be an overpayment if I haven't received any payment from this pension yet?They are arguing it has been accruing from the day it kicked in but I can't see how this can be correct.....the benefits are based on what you are (not)getting each week and if I haven't received any of this pension yet,how can I have been overpaid?! I don't even know if they have the right person....maybe that's why I have not had a reply from Standard Life....they have never heard of me????
Anyways,don't see why I should repay something I have never had.....
Bit of a weird one here,hoping someone can point me in the right direction !
Have been unemployed a year and a half until last week....about three months ago,had a letter from DWP saying they were going to stop nearly £5 a week from my benefits due to "another income".After calling them,I was advised they had discovered I was getting a pension and so,therefore,I had been overpaid £169 ! News to me ! Apparently,It is with Standard Life but I don't know anything about it ! I have emailed and written to Standard Life without getting any reply.Three calls to DWP have all given me a different monthe when this was supposed to have kicked in,November,January and Febuary ! DWP have sent no supporting paperwork or evidence of this supposed pension(I have never signed up to a pension,they are saying it's a company pension).Another letter arrived today demanding I pay by Febuary 14th.I have written on the letter and posted it back to them with the same answer ! I know nothing about it and besides....How can it be an overpayment if I haven't received any payment from this pension yet?They are arguing it has been accruing from the day it kicked in but I can't see how this can be correct.....the benefits are based on what you are (not)getting each week and if I haven't received any of this pension yet,how can I have been overpaid?! I don't even know if they have the right person....maybe that's why I have not had a reply from Standard Life....they have never heard of me????
Anyways,don't see why I should repay something I have never had.....
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