JSA Hardship payments

donnajunkie

missapril75 wrote: »

So earlier you suggested fibbing and now you suggest an outright lie.

I assume you no longer criticise JC staff for their behaviour.

i take it you think if silly rules say someone should have no money at all then you are against doing what you can to beat it. i wonder what you would do if you found yourself in such a situation.

missapril75

donnajunkie wrote: »

i take it you think if silly rules say someone should have no money at all then you are against doing what you can to beat it.

But that is the complete opposite to the situation you described.

Even if you have a resource to use, tell them you don't. That's what you said.

graduate2012

Hi

I understand that for a single person, hardship payments are not paid for the first two weeks. Is this the first two weeks after you've applied? Or the first two weeks since the benefit stopped?

Many thanks

andyscott

It's first two weeks of benefit been stopped

busy_mom_2

Do people ever read the declaration they sign to apply for benefit? Do people not realise they are liable for prosecution if the provide false or inaccuarte information? And people on here are encouraging people to lie or bend the truth in order to recieve benefits.

Hardship is a very last resort, you have been sanctioned for not complying with JSA and have nothing else avaible to live of or no other means to support. Bank account should be checked first, yes I apprechiate not always but read the form and see exactly what evidence you may be asked to provide.
And if you get a second sanction yes it will stop hardship payments and people will need to re-apply.

donnajunkie

missapril75 wrote: »

But that is the complete opposite to the situation you described.

Even if you have a resource to use, tell them you don't. That's what you said.

i am on the claimants side plain and simple. even if they are guilty of the reason they got sanctioned why should one person still get 2/3rds of their jsa and the other get nothing at all. if you expect them to live off a friend or relative then that person is being punished also.
sanction lengths are over the top and often for very minor things.

donnajunkie

busy_mom wrote: »

Do people ever read the declaration they sign to apply for benefit? Do people not realise they are liable for prosecution if the provide false or inaccuarte information? And people on here are encouraging people to lie or bend the truth in order to recieve benefits.

i agree that people should be careful what they put. if people put they have nothing in the bank do they actually check every single time? that must be costly is it.

graduate2012

Can payments be backdated? Do I apply by going into the JC? I have struggled to find info on how I can actually apply

donnajunkie

graduate2012 wrote: »

Can payments be backdated? Do I apply by going into the JC? I have struggled to find info on how I can actually apply

you can ask for a form to apply for hardship at the jobcentre. i dont know if you can do it online. i'm not sure about backdating.

ray1971

You will need to obtain and fully complete a JSA10 form from the job centre and return it with an up to date bank statement to prove you are in hardship.The award of hardship will be made from the date of application only and would not normally be back dated.