20.—(1) Any amount paid—
(a)by way of arrears of benefit;
(b)by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit; or
(c)in lieu of the payment of benefit.
(2) In paragraph (1), “benefit” means—
(a)attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b)disability living allowance;
(c)income support;
(d)income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
(e)housing benefit;
(f)state pension credit;
(g)an allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act (invalid care allowance);
(h)an increase of an allowance which is payable in respect of constant attendance under paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 8 to the Act;
(i)any amount included on account of the claimant’s exceptionally severe disablement in a war disablement pension or a war widow’s or widower’s pension.