"Going on Holiday" = Benefit Stopped!!!

kingfisherblue

saintjammyswine wrote: »

But surely the benefits system is only there to provide a last lifeline for those unable to work. Not to prop up a holiday whether to pay for it, as spending money or to come home to afterwards. Sorry, not with you on this one.

In my daughter's case, her boyfriend's family paid for the holiday. She had saved a bit towards spending money. She had only claimed JSA for two months after leaving school, and managed to get work with an agency starting the day after she got back from her holiday.

Having said that, I realise that many are not in that position. They might, however, have booked and paid for a holiday when working, only to lose their job before the holiday date arises. In that case, it is often not financially wise to cancel the holiday as they may not get back the money they paid for it. A lot would depend on whether they took out insurance that would cover loss of a job.

Also, what if someone else has paid? Or if the person has a working partner and the JSA is six months contribution based?

Finally, in some cases, a charity might have paid. I know this is definitely possible where a family are on benefits due to caring for a disabled child, and a charity such the Family Fund have paid for the holiday (but I do realise that in a case such as this, there would not be a rapid reclaim for JSA, I am just pointing out that there are ways that people on benefits can sometimes have a holiday without having paid for it themselves).

Dogger69

saintjammyswine wrote: »

But surely the benefits system is only there to provide a last lifeline for those unable to work. Not to prop up a holiday whether to pay for it, as spending money or to come home to afterwards. Sorry, not with you on this one.

Your understanding of JSA is flawed. CB JSA is paid to anyone that has contributed sufficiently to the system, irrespective of need.

Morlock

Dogger69 wrote: »

Your understanding of JSA is flawed. CB JSA is paid to anyone that has contributed sufficiently to the system, irrespective of need.

Also, benefits include pensions, working tax credit, child tax credit, child benefit, disability living allowance, employment support allowance, housing benefit, council tax reduction, support for mortgage interest, widowed parent's allowance etc etc.

In fact, jobseekers allowance accounts for only 3% of the welfare budget, and around 64% of families in Britain receive some form of benefits. That's a lot of citizens who would otherwise not be 'allowed' a holiday due to benefit claims.

pompeyrich

Dogger69 wrote: »

Your understanding of JSA is flawed. CB JSA is paid to anyone that has contributed sufficiently to the system, irrespective of need.

It's not actually, anyone who has a personal/private pension income over £60ish a week loses their CB entitlement £ for £.

Denno666

I admit that I felt iffy at going away when I haven't managed to find a job yet, but I am in no way complaining or believe that I should be entitled to JSA while I'm away.

In my case, the holiday was booked/paid for before I lost my job. No JSA money was used to fund it.

CCFC_80

jennyc85 wrote: »

how on earth do people on benefits afford a foreign holiday anyway?! I work my !!!! off & can't afford one! :S

I can't believe that you got 6 Thanked Posts for this response, no doubt from The Daily Mail Readers Brigade. Think you got your answer didn't you. Also did you know that Millionaires can claim Job seekers allowance and get it ?

CCFC_80

saintjammyswine wrote: »

But surely the benefits system is only there to provide a last lifeline for those unable to work. Not to prop up a holiday whether to pay for it, as spending money or to come home to afterwards. Sorry, not with you on this one.

Wrong,It doesn't prop up a holiday The OP had already paid for it.

kloana

Don't go on a holiday that you've already booked and paid for, and you might find yourself losing a lot of money! Especially with 'budget' packages, "I've lost me job" just won't cut it, or entitle you to a refund.

I tried to cancel 2 x EasyJet return flights recently (nothing to do with losing job/benefits). It looked easy peasy...except there was a £35.00 cancellation fee...per person, per way. So, £140 to cancel 2 flights that'd only cost £125 all in, anyway. Bargain.

And, as others have pointed out, contributions-based JSA is a different matter entirely. Even with income-based JSA, you're still allowed a little bit of money in the bank, with nobody able to say how you do/don't spend it...

moaninggit

sammyjammy wrote: »

What absolute nonsense. There is no link between DWP computer systems and airport systems. Its quite laughable.

As for HMRC recovering money owed in tax from holiday makers well I'm still laughing :rotfl:

there soon will be

jackieblack

kloana wrote: »

Don't go on a holiday that you've already booked and paid for, and you might find yourself losing a lot of money! Especially with 'budget' packages, "I've lost me job" just won't cut it, or entitle you to a refund.

Redundancy can be covered by travel insurance