benefit compliance officer visit ?

debnita

debnita wrote: »

today had a visit from a very stroppy compliance officer asking if i had a boyfriend and did he stay at mine when i said yes i have a male friend she kept asking if i was in a relationship i said no hes just a friend she wanted to know when we met and how then kept asking me if he had dinner at mine did he use the toilet,bathroom did we go out together did we have the same friends then asked me if my circumstances had changed when i said no she asked if i had a joint bank account to which i replied why would i have a joint bank account with a friend, she also asked if he gave me any money, then carried on to say i was not allowed to watch TV with him or make him a cup of tea i felt as if i was being interrogated not interviewed when she left she said the the statement she had done would go to a board and they would decide if my benefit would be stopped and that i could not have male friends round my house.
would be very grateful for any advice

This is just an up date i'm still waiting to hear whats going to happen but have found out that it was a relative that called them because she is obsessed with one of my male friends and she has nothing better to do than to dwell on what other people do with there lives im not the 1st one she has done this to and i won't be the last

CandyApocalypse

I wouldn't worry too much.

We had one a year or so ago. It turns out that the reason they needed to visit is that after I moved in they thought we were claiming benefit as a couple while I was still receiving JSA as a single person. I just had to show them a letter I had received stating my JSA was stopping from a certain period and switching to a joint claim with my partner. They were in the house for less than five minutes, and I had spent many nights worrying about it. Turns out someone hadn't keyed something into the computer, and it generated an automatic visit. The lovely lady who came explained that it happens all the time due to clerical oversights, or just needing to check that there have been no changes since the last time the person claimed.

So, I would say not to worry, but that it might be a sensible idea just to get together any paperwork she has in relation to benefits in case they need to see it. Saves routing around looking for something while they are there.

We also had a quick visit from a housing benefits officer, but this was just to check we lived in the property and to get a form signed that they had forgotten to include with the original pack.

happy_lass

debnita wrote: »

today had a visit from a very stroppy compliance officer asking if i had a boyfriend and did he stay at mine when i said yes i have a male friend she kept asking if i was in a relationship i said no hes just a friend she wanted to know when we met and how then kept asking me if he had dinner at mine did he use the toilet,bathroom did we go out together did we have the same friends then asked me if my circumstances had changed when i said no she asked if i had a joint bank account to which i replied why would i have a joint bank account with a friend, she also asked if he gave me any money, then carried on to say i was not allowed to watch TV with him or make him a cup of tea i felt as if i was being interrogated not interviewed when she left she said the the statement she had done would go to a board and they would decide if my benefit would be stopped and that i could not have male friends round my house.
would be very grateful for any advice

if she really did say all that then she seems a bit of a jobsworth ! BUT i suppose she has to do her job thouroughly. It seems if you are on benefits then you are not allowed a life !!:eek:

happy_lass

debnita wrote: »

This is just an up date i'm still waiting to hear whats going to happen but have found out that it was a relative that called them because she is obsessed with one of my male friends and she has nothing better to do than to dwell on what other people do with there lives im not the 1st one she has done this to and i won't be the last

nice relative !

spikeripley

I had a visit last year, they didn't tell me they were coming. I just happened to look out of the window and noticed there was a women sat in her car across the road staring at my house. An hour later she knocked on my door and asked if she could come in and have a 'chat' about my benefits. She then ran all through my claim checking who lived in the house etc and asked me to sign to say nothing had changed. When I asked her why she was doing this she said 'Oh its nothing to worry about, we just wanted to make sure you were getting all the benefits you are entitled to'. Yeah right did she really think I would believe that, when normally you have to twist their arm/turn cartwheels to get anything from them :rotfl: