advice please

dyldwarf

im currently reciving dla is ctc cb and my hubby gets ca.today i have recived a letter from jcp regarding benefit fraud.i have argued with a friend a few weeks ago and she is well known for reporting people.the only thing my husband has done is lay a carpet for his mother.would this be seen as working?he did not get paid for doing it he was just helping his mum

welshmoneylover

dyldwarf wrote: »

im currently reciving dla is ctc cb and my hubby gets ca.today i have recived a letter from jcp regarding benefit fraud.i have argued with a friend a few weeks ago and she is well known for reporting people.the only thing my husband has done is lay a carpet for his mother.would this be seen as working?he did not get paid for doing it he was just helping his mum

Wouldn't have thought he'd get into trouble for helping his mum.

If this is the only thing you can thing of, I wouldn't worry.

no-oneknowsme

Theres no way that laying a carpet for his mother would result in your husband being accused of benefit fraud , thats just ridiculous !

What a spiteful "friend" (I use the word "friend" loosely) she must be !

Good luck , let us know how you get on .

bigbill

You or he can earn £20 weekly without anything changing.

It's more likely she has mentioned your entitlement to DLA

DX2

bigbill wrote: »

You or he can earn £20 weekly without anything changing.

It's more likely she has mentioned your entitlement to DLA

But if he get's CA he can earn £100 per week without it affecting his CA

DX2

dyldwarf wrote: »

im currently reciving dla is ctc cb and my hubby gets ca.today i have recived a letter from jcp regarding benefit fraud.i have argued with a friend a few weeks ago and she is well known for reporting people.the only thing my husband has done is lay a carpet for his mother.would this be seen as working?he did not get paid for doing it he was just helping his mum

Seriously I wouldn't worry about it.

Tehya

DX2 wrote: »

But if he get's CA he can earn £100 per week without it affecting his CA

That's right but £100 would have a big affect on any IS or ESA.

OP If that is the only thing you can think of then I'm pretty sure you'll be okay. If someone (your friend) has reported you I expect it would be an accusation regarding your DLA claim.

If I were you I would make sure I had evidence of any illness/disability before seeing anyone about this.

dyldwarf

to be honnest i have requested that they come to my home to see me as i have a fear of leaving the house and a fear of people and if i have to go out for any reason it makes me very ill.my hubby has not done anything else only lay the carpet.he spend all the rest of his time here with me appart from going shopping and school run.thank you for all your help i really appreciate it

no-oneknowsme

Does the letter say who is suspected of the benefit faud ? Is it you or your husband ?

MrsManda

As the previous poster said, who is it which is suspected of benefit fraud? If the letter came to you then I suspect that it is you they're investigating not your husband.

In terms of the carpet laying, if you were the one who lay it then there could be a problem as presumably you're getting middle/high rate care or mobillity? But your husband can do what he wants providing he's caring for you 35+ hrs and not earning more than £100 a week after allowable expenses.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/MoneyMatters/CarersAllowance/DG_10012525

It's really best not to speculate until you've spoken to the JCP. Don't worry about it, if you've kept them up to date with any changes with your care/mobility needs and your husband hasn't earned over £100 a week then you've got nothing to worry about. The Fraud team occassionally do random checks so it's not even necessarily the case someone has reported you for something.