Ipswich BC v TD and The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [2024]UKUT 117 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge on 2024.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published
15 May 2024
Categories:
Housing and council tax benefits, Universal Credit
Sub-categories:
Housing and council tax benefits - recovery of overpayments, Universal Credit - Other
Judges:
Wright, S
Decision date:
11 April 2024

Read the full decision in UA-2021-000630-HB.

Judicial Summary

Overpayment of housing benefit – whether claimant was ‘on universal credit’/ was entitled to Universal Credit (UC) when she had a nil ‘award’ of universal credit for the assessment periods concerned – sections 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) and 5(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and regulation 17 of the UC Regulations establish that there cannot be a nil award/nil entitlement to universal credit – regulations 6 and 32A of the UC Claims and Payments Regulations considered in this context – whether UC notifications may be misleading.

Published 15 May 2024