Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 42
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Paragraph: 182
Currently, backdating is only permitted up to a month before the claim was submitted.
Recommendation
Currently, backdating is only permitted up to a month before the claim was submitted. Given the seriousness of the life events which might allow the backdating of a claim—bereavement, serious illness, relationship breakdown—this period seems astonishingly short. We recommend that, in specified circumstances, the Department allow backdating to the point at which the change in someone’s life occurred, rather than strictly a month before.
Paragraph Reference:
182
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 12 January 2021. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗