really worried for friends dad

symikins

can anyone help

my friends dad put up his son for about 5wks last year as he was homeless whilst he was there he started signing on for jsa
he,s since moved in with his girlfriend thing is he is still using his dads address as a c/o address ,now mail from DWP arriving as not c/o

the dad is retired , on dla, housing, and council tax benifit has been for quite some time and is worried they might think hes still there
and get in trouble

he has asked him to change the address , he hasnt done so yet and
is quite difficult to get hold of , and dad does,nt know his new address

can someone advise me so l can hopefully set his mind at rest

RAS

Dad needs to return all mail to the sender with "Not known at this address" written on it - pronto.

rotoguys

RAS wrote: »

Dad needs to return all mail to the sender with "Not known at this address" written on it - pronto.

Why? I can understand your comments if it was a total stranger that used to live there, but for his son??
If it was my dad, I wouldn't be too happy with him to find that my benefits were stopped because my mail had been returned as 'not known'!

Father should contact the council and explain what is happening. It is better to be upfront with them instead of them finding out.

dodger1

Return the mail with a covering letter giving all the facts.

RAS

Because they are now cross referencing information for households. It is intended that single person's tax allowance will be removed if a second person is using the address to receive official mail like bank accounts, DWP etc, for example.

The next thing that will happen is that dad will have most of his benefits (except DLA) have been stopped because son is resident there.

ceecee1

I would tell them that the son is not living there - this could have an inpact on the dads benefit if it is thought that another adult is in the household. It could affect all his benefits apart from DLA.

and apart from that - if the girlfriend is claiming saying that she in on her own he could possibly get drawn into a fraud case and asked to give a statement as to whether or not his son lives there - it depends whether he wants to lie for him or not

symikins

thank you all for your replies , l thought as much , but did,nt want to worry him until l knew for sure , he,s a very trusting man and obviously dont want to cause probs for his son , but needs to put himself first

l will pass your advice on

thanks

Glen_Clark

rotoguys wrote: »

If it was my dad, I wouldn't be too happy with him to find that my benefits were stopped because my mail had been returned as 'not known'!

But would you just leave your Dad in such a difficult situation without telling him where you had gone?

symikins

Glen_Clark wrote: »

But would you just leave your Dad in such a difficult situation without telling him where you had gone?

SELFISH seems apt just thinks about how it affects him not anyone else :mad:

rotoguys

RAS wrote: »

Because they are now cross referencing information for households. It is intended that single person's tax allowance will be removed if a second person is using the address to receive official mail like bank accounts, DWP etc, for example.

The next thing that will happen is that dad will have most of his benefits (except DLA) have been stopped because son is resident there.

But son isn't resident there! They MAY think he is - which is a whole world away from the actual truth of the matter.

Whiteknight

rotoguys wrote: »

But son isn't resident there! They MAY think he is - which is a whole world away from the actual truth of the matter.

Which is why when the letters get sent back to the DWP stating "not known at this address" they will suspend the payments. The son will soon get in contact with the DWP chasing up his money they will then take new address details and ensure that his circumstances have not changed.