Benefit claimants will be able to request a review into previous requests to stop (waive) Recoverable Hardship Payment (RHP) repayments, it has been announced. The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed the review would be for repayments over a seven-year period, from January 1, 2014, up to January 11, 2021.
Applications will open on Monday, December 19, so claimants wanting to make queries should now begin gathering evidence, Daily Record reports. Recoverable Hardship Payments provide money to claimants who have seen their benefits reduced by sanctions or a fraud penalty.
Hardship payments must be repaid by the claimant, however, claimants can request for the recovery of these payments to be waived, and must provide further evidence to show that paying back the money is either unaffordable or would affect their or their family’s health or wellbeing.
