Insurance Payout

[hawksley]

My daughters husband had an accident at work, and has been claiming full disability allowance for the last two years, when he gets his payout from the insurance, will his disability allowance drop or stop until the money has gone,
and will he have to notify the authorities.

[gina32]

a friend of mines husband had an accident at work and was claiming but when he got his payout he had to pay the money he had claimed back

[Hypognosis]

//Effect of State Benefits on Compensation Payments

If you receive a compensation payment, subject to the amount received, your entitlement to continue to receive state benefits will depend on whether or not a particular benefit is means tested.

Non-Means Tested Benefits

The following benefits are payable whatever levels of income or capital you have and any compensation payment will not affect your entitlement to continue to receive the benefit.

– Incapacity Benefit
– Industrial Injuries Benefits
– Disability Living Allowance
//

taken from : -
http://www.thompsons.law.co.uk/ltext/benefits-from-the-DSS.htm

[hawksley]

Thank you both for your replies.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah I thought DLA was not means tested

Remember that the court award is tax free so he doesnt have to own up to it as income to the tax man