Savings and income support

Hello all,
In the very near future I intend to leave work for a couple of months to look after my son who has a chronic illness. He is in receipt of DLA at the highest rate care component. My wife also cares for another of our sons on this.
My dilemma is I have over the £8000 limit which will exclude me form claiming income support, but I also have quite a bit of outstanding debt.
So my question is can I pay off some of this debt, which will bring my savings to well below the threshold for claiming, and receive income support with no problems? Will the DSS have a dim view on this?
Also my next poser is that some of my debt is in the form of a personal loan and mortgage which are both flexible. So if I pay off some of this debt in order to claim my benefit and once I have finished claiming draw some of it back from my loan and mortgage if I really needed it?
Any Help on this would be greatly appreciated
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