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Housing benefit and access to bank accounts

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  • tazwhoever
    tazwhoever Posts: 1,326 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    The last page people sign on the benefit's page clearly states this, please re-read the page. It's all about time, but there's nothing to hide.
  • NEH
    NEH Posts: 2,464 Forumite
    tazwhoever wrote: »
    The last page people sign on the benefit's page clearly states this, please re-read the page. It's all about time, but there's nothing to hide.


    I thought i had read something like that on our form but as i forget things easily with this illness i didn't want to say in case I was wrong....
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    tazwhoever wrote: »
    The last page people sign on the benefit's page clearly states this, please re-read the page. It's all about time, but there's nothing to hide.


    Which form do you mean? There are dozens of different DWP benefit forms, and hundreds of Local Authority ones. I'm not sure any form actually states they can have "access" to anyone's bank account, perhaaps you could provide a quote from the declaration page?
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