Recovery of Benefits from Compensation (formerly known as Compensation Recovery)
If, as a result of an accident, injury or disease for which you are also making a claim for compensation, you are awarded a benefit such as:
- Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Incapacity Benefit
- Income Support
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Reduced Earnings Allowance
- Unemployability Supplement
- Severe Disablement Allowance
your eventual compensation award may be reduced to take account of any benefit paid for the same purpose.
For details of the other benefits that could be affected and more information about the scheme, look on the Compensation Recovery Unit’s website www.dwp.gov.uk/cru or look at the guide GL27 Compensation and social security benefits on this website. You can also contact the Unit direct (see ‘Useful addresses').