Specialist Compliance Team letter

sparkles82_2

hello purple
I rang today also. It did take a hell of a long time to get through. I finally managed to speak to a lady who asked very personal questions too. One of them was has my childrens dad spent any length of time living at my address? my answer being yes he has spent time at my address when my child was receiving chemo and could not go to school as someone had to look after her while i was at work. But he did not LIVE their. She asked for his address which i gave her andthe strangest one was did i know a Mr (whoever) because he was registered at my address the strange thing was i have never even received mail for him like i had previous occupants. I know that many women feel scared because they feel wrong for letting there ex spend large amounts of time with their children in their property but this lady did put my mind at rest and said it is fine for them to see their children when they want.
I dont know if they will want to speak again but it was not a nice experience and at least we are trying to work!

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Great, looks like I may get one of these letters and the probing questions (spent time in a refuge after the split so not gonna be comfortable answering questions about whether we'll ever get together again).

Still, forewarned is forearmed.

sparkles82_2

deannatrois wrote: »

Great, looks like I may get one of these letters and the probing questions (spent time in a refuge after the split so not gonna be comfortable answering questions about whether we'll ever get together again).

Still, forewarned is forearmed.

yeh i had a similar experience it was only when te kid fell ill he really got involved again. They did ask other questions too about income and childcare, also was i seeing anyone, was my ex seeing anyone it did feel very intrusive i know to a certain extent they have to do it and the lady said thousands of people will have these letters, its made me think i would never want to claim it again but on my wages and with my youngest being two i would never be able to afford day care. And unfortunately other than my kids dad their is nobody else i could ask to help!

nottslass_2

sparkles82 wrote: »

yeh i had a similar experience it was only when te kid fell ill he really got involved again. They did ask other questions too about income and childcare, also was i seeing anyone, was my ex seeing anyone it did feel very intrusive i know to a certain extent they have to do it and the lady said thousands of people will have these letters, its made me think i would never want to claim it again but on my wages and with my youngest being two i would never be able to afford day care. And unfortunately other than my kids dad their is nobody else i could ask to help!

I can't see the relevance in whether or not your ex is seeing someone and would have asked why they needed to know !!

TBH if they had any real reason to suspect your claim was fraudulent they would have done a full check and not simply just asked a few questions over the phone

jenjenc

Hi, i recieved one of these letters last week, called the office on tuesday, had a change in my childcare so had to have my claim re assesed, i was asked numerous questions about my personal life, post etc, these questions seemed really intense and made me worry quite a bit, anyway, recieved my new awards notice in the post this morning.... is this the whole check thing complete? will they want to ask anything else?

jenjenc

oh and i forgot to mention..... are these letters a common thing? i ve never had to do anything like it before, the man i spoke to said it was a new procedure out but he seemed really vague and at times his attitude was terrible... thankyou in advance to any one with any information

sparkles82_2

jenjenc wrote: »

oh and i forgot to mention..... are these letters a common thing? i ve never had to do anything like it before, the man i spoke to said it was a new procedure out but he seemed really vague and at times his attitude was terrible... thankyou in advance to any one with any information

I dont know if this was just the first part and they will do a full check once they have spoken to us. The lady was nice but at times saying things like we are like big brother and we know everything you do makes me feel like i am constantly being watched. She did ask if i got child maintenance from my ex and i said no because he does buy for the kids.She then was miffed why i didnt claim single person council tax allowance to which i told her that when i rang the council they said i earnt too much, also i am not out for every penny from the govt i can get.

jonnyboy82

jenjenc wrote: »

Hi, i recieved one of these letters last week, called the office on tuesday, had a change in my childcare so had to have my claim re assesed, i was asked numerous questions about my personal life, post etc, these questions seemed really intense and made me worry quite a bit, anyway, recieved my new awards notice in the post this morning.... is this the whole check thing complete? will they want to ask anything else?

did you recieve the letter before or after you made the change to your claim?
was the letter about you being single?
apparantley they are cracking down on single claims were people are not declaring a partner

nottslass_2

sparkles82 wrote: »

I dont know if this was just the first part and they will do a full check once they have spoken to us. The lady was nice but at times saying things like we are like big brother and we know everything you do makes me feel like i am constantly being watched. She did ask if i got child maintenance from my ex and i said no because he does buy for the kids.She then was miffed why i didnt claim single person council tax allowance to which i told her that when i rang the council they said i earnt too much, also i am not out for every penny from the govt i can get.

Sorry but this all sounds a bit strange.....

Why would they be enquiring about maintenance when its not taken into account when calculating benefits.

Also the eligibility to claim the single persons council tax discount is not dependent on income .

sparkles82_2

nottslass wrote: »

Sorry but this all sounds a bit strange.....

Why would they be enquiring about maintenance when its not taken into account when calculating benefits.

Also the eligibility to claim the single persons council tax discount is not dependent on income .

so the lady i spoke to said so i will ring the council because i used to get this but when i moved it stopped so might be because i didnt ring again. I dont know why she was asking about maintenance i know when you claim income support you have to claim maintenance not sure if you do for working tax credit.