MH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (HB): [2017] UKUT 401 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 6 October 2017.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 23 October 2017

• Categories: Earnings and other income, Housing and council tax benefits
• Sub-categories: Earnings and other income - calculation: employed, Earnings and other income - termination and compensation payments, Housing and council tax benefits - other
• Judges: Wikeley, N
• Decision date: 6 October 2017

Read the full decision in CH/635/2017.

Judicial Summary

Housing benefit - Claimant was made redundant and received a redundancy payment, but was then re-employed by the same employer on terms that he repaid his redundancy payment by way of monthly deductions from his wages - whether such repayments form part of his income and earnings for the purposes of calculating his housing benefit entitlement - R(TC) 2/03 considered and applied.

Published 23 October 2017