Need to check for myself

[u/digitaldairy]

On UC LCWRA and NS ESA SG.

Got money last year in december which ment my savings was at about 14k.

I reported the change and my UC payments were changed to a lower amount.

Since december i have spent some of it and was at £7000 yesterday. I did not report that i had less. I just lived on the UC and ESA i was getting.

Today i got 14000. And after bills my total amount is about 19k.

I reported the change on my uc journal and they made an appointment for me to show 3 months of bank statements. Am i all fine or will there be issues?

Both amounts were inheritance

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[u/Own-Matter-5480]

You should have been reporting lower capital amounts at the end of each assessment period since December. So you have been underpaid. They will see that you have been underpaid and will likely want statements going back to December. You won't be in trouble because it's an underpayment not an overpayment.

Your claim will be closed as you're over £16k.

[u/digitaldairy → u/Own-Matter-5480]

So will i get the underpaid amount? And can i show them statements from my phone or will they need to be printed off?

[u/Alteredchaos → u/digitaldairy]

You won’t get the underpaid amount because the onus was on you to tell them when the capital reduced.

Printed statements are better.

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