Is it ok to fill in online surveys if you're on benefits??

dannimaycox

Hi, i found a few good websites that pay you to do surveys, i was wondering am i ok to fill in these surveys to earn some extra cash? I receive incapacity benefit and D.L.A. I don't want to do anything wrong, so will i be ok filling in online surveys?

cit_k

Probably best to declare any earnings..., better safe than sorry.

Someone else will probably know the limits/rules better for IB and DLA hopefully.

However, once you do that, at your next medical if you are getting any points for mental health issues, they will probably be denied as they will state 'can use a computer' for the majority of the descriptors (regardless of relevance) in my experience.

alwaysonthego_2

You need to declare it to the JCP.

Permitted Work

Permitted Work is a benefit arrangement - employers do not offer 'permitted work'. You do not need approval from your doctor or have to have a medical test just because you are doing permitted work. However, if a medical test is due as part of your ongoing benefits-related review, it will go ahead as planned.
You can work:

• for earnings of up to and including £20.00 a week for an unlimited period, or
• for less than 16 hours a week, on average, with earnings up to and including £92.00 a week for a 52 week period
• for less than 16 hours a week, on average, and earn up to and including £92.00 a week for as long as your illness or disability is considered sufficiently severe that you are treated as meeting the threshold of incapacity without undergoing a medical assessment

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DG_10020667

Your DLA would not be affected by your earnings.