[nomadking]

Originally Posted by denphone

Tens of thousands of ill or disabled people underpaid benefits, spending watchdog finds.

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-03-21/d...-esa-payments/

For people worried by ending up with too much in their bank account and it affecting benefits. Arrears are disregarded as capital until after 52 weeks of receiving it. So if you have £3,000 in savings and add £10,000 arrears to your bank balance, your savings are still £3,000 for the next 52 weeks. You can't be considered to be reducing your capital in order to claim benefits, because it's not yet counted as capital.