customer compliance officer

missmontana

fairydiamond wrote: »

I don't understand this attitude though, you are getting married but you say you are a single parent... you either have the single life or not, you can't get married but expect to be classed as a single parent...!

I really don't mean to cause offence, I just don't understand people when they say this.

they're not married yet...

fairydiamond

missmontana wrote: »

they're not married yet...

Hence why I said ''you are getting married''


Married or not, they're still together.

sunnyone

bumble3130 wrote: »

I really need some advice on this as im making myself feel very ill!!!
ill describe him as my bf but i feel a little old to be saying i have a bf - id just easier to type. we are engaged and were due to marry this year which we have cancelled due to finanical circumstance.

Thursday im taking my son to school and my boyfriend texts me to tell me man from council was knocking on door asking for me. Apprently he asked if my bf was a resident and he said no im her bf i stay here occasionally and then then council man asks for bf's name.

i later ring council when they havent returned and they say its regarding an appeal id made awhile ago regarding housing benefit (which is awhile ago now when i started work they had made a huge mistake on my application!)and could i come into discuss it as its something that shouldnt have been overlooked and has

then hour later i get letter in post from DWP saying someone needs to see me to discuss a query in my claim to benefit and a customer compliance officer. i ring the number as the times stated included school hours and i wanted to make them aware i had school runs to do..while on phone i asked what this query was...they have apparently had a report my bf has moved in with me and they stated his full name.

have recently had alot of hassel from an ex partner of my bf's (13yrs ago ex!) and i have a strong gut feeling its her as shes already caused enough stress for him.

im worried sick about this visit from the officer!
my bf does stay and with my son being mildly autistic and works well on routines we keep the overnight stays to the same nights. wed, fri and sat... occasionally he has stayed a sunday too and over xmas he stayed for a week. have i been commiting fraud by doing this?! ive been very wary and when we started seeing each other i rang council and asked them how often he could stay and was told that they look at if he contributes towards household , where clothes are and where he pays rent etc.

he has none of his things here apart from a tv which is here as i otherwise dont have one. no clothes. bills and letters all go to his mothers.
he sleeps on a mattress at his brothers house and pays him £40 a week to stay there.
we were hoping to move in together but a situation happened and he had a mental breakdown and lost his job. we even visited jobcentre together to ask how my benefits would be affected as we didnt want to be doing anything wrong. nothing was said to us by the woman we saw in jobcentre about sitation. with him loosing job him moving in never happened and yeah i was heartbroken!
have we been really doing something wrong? am i going to loose all my benefits and be considered a benefit cheat when ive basically stuck to what im told?!

i have to go into council offices on monday to discuss this appeal i made which im wondering they having me there under false pretences and dwp coming on thursday which is a livetime away!
any advice would be much appreciated please

You are a couple who live apart to conserve benefit entitlement [only] he lives with you and he dosnt have his own household but he "dosses" with family just enough for you to convince yourselves that you live apart for benefit purposes.

There is no two or three night rule and him dossing eleswhere a few nights a week dosnt mean that he lives elsewhere and him staying 3-4 nights every week and eating with you makes you a couple but not you choose in money because you get more benefits by both claiming to be single.

Hes not a carer, that was put into your head here or you would have brough it up yourself.

if you tell the truth they should be ok.

WhiteHorse

The key issues are residence and finance.

He can show majority residence elsewhere. There is no evidence at your place of anything other then short stays. Regularity is immaterial. (But where does he pay council tax? What address shows on the electoral roll?).

He does not make any form of financial contribution in cash or kind.

When you are interviewed, guard your tongue. Think before you speak. Don't be bullied or intimidated.

missmontana

fairydiamond wrote: »

Hence why I said ''you are getting married''


Married or not, they're still together.

Yes they are together as a couple, but not living together.

bestpud

Unlike many on here, I think you'd be daft to ignore how serious this could be.

You need to start gathering evidence asap - it should be easy enough if he really does live elsewhere.

As I see it, he only has a temporary bed at his brothers and his post sent to his mums - therefore he doesn't actually have a firm base anywhere else and does not make a full contrbution to any other house(hold).

He is at your house pretty much half the week in terms of sleeping, but they count leisure time as well, so if he is there all day but goes home at, say 10pm, that could count as 'being' together.

Add to that him being at your house when you weren't and a benefit person called, and it's not looking good for you.

It may be an idea to go to the CAB Monday and seek some advice.

sunnyone

bestpud wrote: »

Unlike many on here, I think you'd be daft to ignore how serious this could be.

You need to start gathering evidence asap - it should be easy enough if he really does live elsewhere.

As I see it, he only has a temporary bed at his brothers and his post sent to his mums - therefore he doesn't actually have a firm base anywhere else and does not make a full contrbution to any other house(hold).

He is at your house pretty much half the week in terms of sleeping, but they count leisure time as well, so if he is there all day but goes home at, say 10pm, that could count as 'being' together.

Add to that him being at your house when you weren't and a benefit person called, and it's not looking good for you.

It may be an idea to go to the CAB Monday and seek some advice.

so much more informative than my posts, thanks for telling straight, better than I could.

missmontana

See, there goes Bestpud again.... all very good points!!!

welshmoneylover

Yes, I agree with bestpud, you've made some excellent remarks.

sarah29parsons

bumble3130 wrote: »

I really need some advice on this as im making myself feel very ill!!!
ill describe him as my bf but i feel a little old to be saying i have a bf - id just easier to type. we are engaged and were due to marry this year which we have cancelled due to finanical circumstance.

Thursday im taking my son to school and my boyfriend texts me to tell me man from council was knocking on door asking for me. Apprently he asked if my bf was a resident and he said no im her bf i stay here occasionally and then then council man asks for bf's name.

i later ring council when they havent returned and they say its regarding an appeal id made awhile ago regarding housing benefit (which is awhile ago now when i started work they had made a huge mistake on my application!)and could i come into discuss it as its something that shouldnt have been overlooked and has

then hour later i get letter in post from DWP saying someone needs to see me to discuss a query in my claim to benefit and a customer compliance officer. i ring the number as the times stated included school hours and i wanted to make them aware i had school runs to do..while on phone i asked what this query was...they have apparently had a report my bf has moved in with me and they stated his full name.

have recently had alot of hassel from an ex partner of my bf's (13yrs ago ex!) and i have a strong gut feeling its her as shes already caused enough stress for him.

im worried sick about this visit from the officer!
my bf does stay and with my son being mildly autistic and works well on routines we keep the overnight stays to the same nights. wed, fri and sat... occasionally he has stayed a sunday too and over xmas he stayed for a week. have i been commiting fraud by doing this?! ive been very wary and when we started seeing each other i rang council and asked them how often he could stay and was told that they look at if he contributes towards household , where clothes are and where he pays rent etc.

he has none of his things here apart from a tv which is here as i otherwise dont have one. no clothes. bills and letters all go to his mothers.
he sleeps on a mattress at his brothers house and pays him £40 a week to stay there.
we were hoping to move in together but a situation happened and he had a mental breakdown and lost his job. we even visited jobcentre together to ask how my benefits would be affected as we didnt want to be doing anything wrong. nothing was said to us by the woman we saw in jobcentre about sitation. with him loosing job him moving in never happened and yeah i was heartbroken!
have we been really doing something wrong? am i going to loose all my benefits and be considered a benefit cheat when ive basically stuck to what im told?!

i have to go into council offices on monday to discuss this appeal i made which im wondering they having me there under false pretences and dwp coming on thursday which is a livetime away!
any advice would be much appreciated please

Hi there like you My partner stayed with me a few nights a week to help care for my children and to ensure I was ok. I suffer from a serious heart condition and quiet often have had to call ambulances out in the middle of the night (which i am so glad he was there would not have wanted my children to see me in such a bad way). Unfortunately whilst I was out one day a compliance officer came knocking at my door. I just gave her my story as i was told that you could have a partner /boyfriend stay 3 nights a week but not true according to the compliance officer if someone stays in your property on a regular basis they are classed as residing with you. Fortunately she could see i was being honest telling the truth and being fully co-operative she told me to go to the job centre and have an assessment done on the benefits to see how much worse or better off i'd be if he moved in permanently.
Well turned out that we were just the same on money. I'm so grateful for these people who ring up annonamously as our relationship would not have gone from strength to strength.I was not prosecuted was just given 7 days to make a decision on what to do thank god we chose the right one! you will be fine just be as honest as you can tell them everything it all helps even your illnesses and ur sons and ur b/f hope this helps knowing of a story similar to yours.