Benefit investigation

Savvy_Sue

cc74 wrote:

I have 3 small children and it the household is very mad when people turn up...(kids clingy and crying).

I know I have nothing to worry about, but I don't like being looked at under a microscope, especially with the kids around.

cc74 wrote:

I don't have any friends in the area and sadly it's half term now. I feel I'm going to stress and that'll tense up my very clingy kids.

Well, just a suggestion and it may not work out, but is it worth ringing them and explaining that you will have 3 children at home, that they are very young and clingy, and that you don't have anyone who can look after them, so would they rather wait until after the Easter break when presumably - from what you've said about half-term - at least one of them is at school / nursery / playgroup?

Or maybe you'd rather get it over with! At least by phoning them first you have made them aware of potential difficulties.

cc74

THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOO MUCH (well except Dave). You all have given great and positive feed back. On advice from this site, I phoned them. I started to explain the situation with kids and the holidays. The lady looked at my file and said she was very sorry there had been an oversite. They had visited me a few weeks back and these letters where sent out in there hundereds, and that they didn't need to see me as all info was up to date.

What a sigh of relief. All that worrying. I am a dozy one! While on the phone i checked about my wage slips, and she said until i'm earning more I don't need to send them in.

It is also mortage interest payments i've applied for, not housing benefits. Sorry, my mistake. I'm still waiting to hear, only been 6 weeks but they say they are short staffed (thought maybe once kiddies older, I could apply for a job there as they are always short on staff!!! )

They are so helpful and so are you all. In my head over the weekend they'd become unreasonable monsters.

All is good in my house now. Wishing you all happy Easter and enjoy the eggs.
x

Curry_Queen

I'm so glad everything's worked out so well for you

MyUserNamesTaken

Glad everything's sorted, CC. Have a good Easter.

jellyhead

that's great :-)
*HUGS*

gatita

I think so many of us on the forum have been watching this thread and hoping and willing that things would turn out alright for you..............its so good to see that everything is O.K.:j just think, if you had telephoned earlier you would have saved yourself days and nights of turmoil!
Hope you have a Happy Easter.Take care XXX

elaine373

What a relief. i am realy glad you have sorted it out, You can relax now over the eatser holidays, regards Elaine

Fran

cc,

Glad it worked out ok. Thanks for letting us know.

Nelski

Great news. Now relax and enjoy a well deserved easter

:beer:

Turning_into_scrooge

I once received a letter like that years ago all because i was claiming IS and had a child under 16. They wanted my ex husbands details so they could chase him through the CSA which was absolutely no use as he lives in Thailand. The guy was only here for 10 mins while he wrote a report giving the circumstancs after i'd worried my sick for a full week. They really could do with wording their letters a little better.