Category Archives: Carers
Disability benefit: £16m overpaid to claimants
Disability living allowance is paid to two million people of working age
13 July 2012 Last updated at 11:38
About £16m has been wrongly paid to pensioners on disability living allowance and attendance allowance, the Department of Work and Pensions has said.
The DWP says 1,600 people have been overpaid by £20.55 to £131.50 a week.
The mistake has been uncovered by a DWP Accounting Service audit.
Minister for Disabled People Maria Miller says she will “consider carefully” how to recover the overpayments.
In “a small number of cases” such as terminally ill claimants and others considered too vulnerable, the money may not be reclaimed.
Age UK response to Social Care White Paper
On Wednesday, the Government finally published its Social Care White Paper.
Source : Age UK
Published on 11 July 2012 01:00 PM
On Wednesday, the Government finally published its Social Care White Paper.
Age UK warmly welcomes the Government’s plans to reform the care system, although we are disappointed the Government did not set out how the changes will be funded and delayed the decision to the Comprehensive Spending Review expected next year.
If funding is forthcoming, today’s announcement is welcome news for the millions of care users now and in the future, and is something Age UK has been working towards for many years, most recently through our Care in Crisis campaign.
The main proposals for reform are listed below:
Improving access to social care
Introduction of a national eligibility criteria ensuring minimum level of support and continuity of care, portable between local authority areas.
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