Paulie Tandoori
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Yeh, whatever, run along little boy8ball said:Quite the arrogant cunt . .
I've just had a letter from dole saying that they coming to my house, WTF?
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Sweaty Betty
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cypher79 said:
Yes, when i reclaimed they did a house check to and filled out the rest of the forms and also had a check around the house
They now want to know my bank account number and sort code?????
Paulie Tandoori
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DWP cannot ask to check around your house, only the local authority housing benefit people can do this as they are paying money for where you live.Sweaty Betty said:Yes, when i reclaimed they did a house check to and filled out the rest of the forms and also had a check around the house
They now want to know my bank account number and sort code?????
As for your bank a/c details, that will be so that they can pay you benefit into the account, as they don't really send out giros or order books anymore if they can help it.
Sweaty Betty
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Paulie Tandoori said:
No it was when i signed back on a for a bit inbetween jobs, then a separate person came round to check if i had heard from my daughters father
As for account details my housing benefit is paid directly to landlord and i no longer have any other benefit so why they need this info is taking the piss really
Paulie Tandoori
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First bit is Child Support Agency stuff by the sound of it - for lone parents claiming benefit, they insist that you go through the processes involved in trying to obtain maintenance from the absent parent so that they can pay less in benefits to you.
If you're not claiming benefit atm, other than HB, i agree that it is odd asking for your a/c details - why not give them a call to ask them why they want them?
If you're not claiming benefit atm, other than HB, i agree that it is odd asking for your a/c details - why not give them a call to ask them why they want them?
Sweaty Betty
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Paulie Tandoori said:
well its a review form and they have asked me for the details as compulsary, i just adjusted the middle digit
Now they want two months bank statements and have specificall asked when i opened the account???
its highly likely that with my recent promotion they are going to reduce the amount or even withdraw it all together as im earning a good wage at present......but all my hard work will be swallowed up by having to pay all the rent now
At least i finally done it though, i mean i have been on full benefit since i was sixteen, its about time i started to pay it back
Paulie Tandoori
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If your income has increased and you didn't notify HB at the time of the increase, its very likely that they are going to ask you to pay back some of the benefit you've recieved since. HB gets withdrawn at 65p in the £ and council tax benefit at 20p in the £ (ludicrous isn't it, what a work incentive it is losing 85p of every £ you earn).
If this does occur, I strongly advise you to seek out your local CAB or law centre if you can for advice, because (1) you will need to check the veracity of information provided by the local authority, in terms of dates, amounts, etc (2) if there is a valid overpayment, you should be able to negotiate weekly repayments which can be a help.
Good news about the promotion & pay rise though
If this does occur, I strongly advise you to seek out your local CAB or law centre if you can for advice, because (1) you will need to check the veracity of information provided by the local authority, in terms of dates, amounts, etc (2) if there is a valid overpayment, you should be able to negotiate weekly repayments which can be a help.
Good news about the promotion & pay rise though
Sweaty Betty
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Paulie Tandoori said:If your income has increased and you didn't notify HB at the time of the increase, its very likely that they are going to ask you to pay back some of the benefit you've recieved since. HB gets withdrawn at 65p in the £ and council tax benefit at 20p in the £ (ludicrous isn't it, what a work incentive it is losing 85p of every £ you earn).
If this does occur, I strongly advise you to seek out your local CAB or law centre if you can for advice, because (1) you will need to check the veracity of information provided by the local authority, in terms of dates, amounts, etc (2) if there is a valid overpayment, you should be able to negotiate weekly repayments which can be a help.
Good news about the promotion & pay rise though
No incentive at all and my tax credit is being zapped
BUT im looking forward to the challengeYelkcub said:
so what?
miss direct
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They came round my flat on my 18th birthday. What a lovely present that was.
miss direct
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Pingu said:
No, and they asked me about my sex life.
That was a crap 18th.
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
It is to check on your living arangements...
I had this once when I was 18.
I had just signed on to my partner's claim, and we were both sleeping on a matress on someone's living room floor. He lived in the bedroom, as well as a 15 year old hooker sometimes sleeping on the couch, and about 7 homeless using it as a care-of.
The dole inspector called about 11.30 in the morning and was a nervous looking young chap in an ill-fitting suit.
I was wearing a bra, thong, and one of those goth jumpers full of holes.
The hooker answered the door in her too-short work dress, thigh boots and no knickers.
My bf was still in bed.
The man from the dole didn't stop for a cup of tea, but hepassed our claim.
I had this once when I was 18.
I had just signed on to my partner's claim, and we were both sleeping on a matress on someone's living room floor. He lived in the bedroom, as well as a 15 year old hooker sometimes sleeping on the couch, and about 7 homeless using it as a care-of.
The dole inspector called about 11.30 in the morning and was a nervous looking young chap in an ill-fitting suit.
I was wearing a bra, thong, and one of those goth jumpers full of holes.
The hooker answered the door in her too-short work dress, thigh boots and no knickers.
My bf was still in bed.
The man from the dole didn't stop for a cup of tea, but hepassed our claim.
chances are if you ask them to change the date they will accuse you of not abiding by your JSA. This is not good and it's happened to me (though not because of a home interview). Best advice is probably to be in because if you are out they will also assume that youa ren't available for work and thus in breach of your JSA.LilMissHissyFit said:
though it being on the normal signing time does make a difference. if they can't be bothered to listen when you call them about it, just turn up and sign on. They can't accuse you of much if you actually came into the office to sign ffs.
So I phoned them up to tell them that the visit is the same day as my signing day, they said show up late for your signing and tell them you had a visit. They also said that someone would phone me about this visit a few days before they showed up, the visit is tomorrow and no-one has phoned. Why do I get the feeling that I'm gonna wait in all day, no-one is going to show up, and I'm gonna miss my signing.
Or maybe thats just me being a pessimistic twat
Or maybe thats just me being a pessimistic twat
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cypher79 said:So I phoned them up to tell them that the visit is the same day as my signing day, they said show up late for your signing and tell them you had a visit. They also said that someone would phone me about this visit a few days before they showed up, the visit is tomorrow and no-one has phoned. Why do I get the feeling that I'm gonna wait in all day, no-one is going to show up, and I'm gonna miss my signing.
Or maybe thats just me being a pessimistic twat
As soon as it opens in the morning, phone your dole office to book a late signing and you might be able to get one for near the end of the day. Otherwise, you'll have to go there the next day; there's no point in just turning up late, as they won't see you - you have to be booked in.
If you take the letter with you stating that they were coming to visit on that day, then there shouldn't be a problem.
I had to do a late signing several times, because the signing time they gave me was impossible for me to make (it was five minutes after my daughter's school starting time, fifteen minutes away from the jobcentre), and there was never a big problem.
Your benefit payment could be delayed by a day or two if you sign late (that applies even if you sign late on the same day that you were supposed to sign), but it should still be paid.
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Thora said:They want to know if the person you're living with is a partner or not - are you shagging them. Someone I know was asked if she and her housemate had separate cutlery to establish if they were partners
They shouldn't be able to ask about shagging.. or indeed cutlery. I think they need to establish whether there is 'a stability of relationship' between the people living there.
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Thora said:They want to know if the person you're living with is a partner or not - are you shagging them. Someone I know was asked if she and her housemate had separate cutlery to establish if they were partners
Yeah, I has the same thing a few years ago. Asking if my flatmate and I went shopping together. I said 'Yes' as he was the one with the car but had to make sure this dole dude knew that we did sperate shopping and paid sperately.
Turned out the dole dude (DD) had been to skool with my flatmate (FM) and he had the blind cheek to give it the "Oh, so is FM still messing about with his music stuff, is he? <sneersneer>"
Me: Uhm, yes. It's all really going wel....
DD: You'd have thought he'd grown out of that stuff, wouldn't you?
Me out loud: Wtf? Do you actually have any more questions for me or what?
Me in my head: You horrible cunt. You're a SS frard inspector, you unsuccessful bastard
Paulie Tandoori
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Good, glad that it all went ok. Don't forget to sign on nowcypher79 said:Well the visit guy has been, was pretty painless really, he was only here 5 minutes, just asked me a few questions about my job hunting, nothing I havent been asked before when I go to sign on
if they had asked me if i was sleeping with whomever they'd have gotten a slap! FFS that's well out of order!Thora said:They want to know if the person you're living with is a partner or not - are you shagging them. Someone I know was asked if she and her housemate had separate cutlery to establish if they were partners
simpson_eh
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wishface said:
I'm back on the dole in a few weeks, i'll prob need to start a thread about it asking for advice.
I got grilled by a complaiance officer before because i share a 2bed with a girl. He asked questions about my relationships, and has claimed apparently everytime i sign on now they are going to check to see if i'm going out with that person i live with. Even he claimed when i go share a flat with guys.
