So worried .Advice needed.Interview under caution

zzzLazyDaisy

OP The earlier point about bank statements is a good one. Does your daughter have any official post addressed to her at the correct address? Bank statements? credit card statements? What about her annual notice of coding from HRMC, does that still come to your house? If she can give you something like this with her current address on, this will provide evidence of her correct address.

The problem is that she does not pay rent or council tax at her current address, her name is not on any utility bills, and she is not on the electoral roll. All the other normal ways of proving address (driving licence, wage slips, registration at local gp) point to her living at your address. This is why they need to speak to you, and why you need to give them as much information as possible.

As others have said, not changing her address on her driving licence is an offence, giving your address for her car insurance is fraud and invalidates her insurance, and failing to register on the electoral roll is also an offence. This is why these things are considered to be proof of address. YOU have done nothing wrong, it is just unfortunate that on the face of things the evidence points towards her living at your address. So the more evidence you can find to refute this, the better.

EDIT - I hope this is a stupid question.... but she has now changed her address with her employer and informed DVLA and car insurance of her correct address, hasn't she?

schristine06

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

OP The earlier point about bank statements is a good one. Does your daughter have any official post addressed to her at the correct address? Bank statements? credit card statements? What about her annual notice of coding from HRMC, does that still come to your house? If she can give you something like this with her current address on, this will provide evidence of her correct address.

The problem is that she does not pay rent or council tax at her current address, her name is not on any utility bills, and she is not on the electoral roll. All the other normal ways of proving address (driving licence, wage slips, registration at local gp) point to her living at your address. This is why they need to speak to you, and why you need to give them as much information as possible.

As others have said, not changing her address on her driving licence is an offence, giving your address for her car insurance is fraud and invalidates her insurance, and failing to register on the electoral roll is also an offence. This is why these things are considered to be proof of address. YOU have done nothing wrong, it is just unfortunate that on the face of things the evidence points towards her living at your address. So the more evidence you can find to refute this, the better.

EDIT - I hope this is a stupid question.... but she has now changed her address with her employer and informed DVLA and car insurance of her correct address, hasn't she?

Her bank statements all go to the address she lives at and her driving licence is also registered there. Her mobile phone is also there. She has changed her address with dvla now.

Thanks to you all and your invaluable advice and support I feel I have a strong defence now and am as ready as I will ever be. Just wish it was a bit sooner than 3 wks to wait!

Thanks again.

zzzLazyDaisy

Okay that's great. Take her (original) driving licence with you - that is acceptable proof of address for most things so should help a lot, plus any bills and statements that she is willing to let you have (again, originals, not copies).

I know this is easy to say, but please try not to worry. They are not out to trick you, or to tie you up in knots. They are just doing the job they are paid to do, and they don't have any hidden agenda. I am sure you will be fine.

But keep posting, if only for support x

EDIT - this is just a thought, but you could write a short note confirming that you will attend the meeting at [date/time/place] and in the meantime, as a matter of courtesy, you enclose copies of the evidence you will be bringing with you.

Note: Only send copies if you do this, keep the originals safe. I don't know if it will make any difference but there might just be an outside chance that they will cancel the interview, and even if they don't, they will have had chance to consider the documents beforehand, which might reduce the amount of questions they have (and therefore how long you are there for). But I don't specialise in this area, so this is just a suggestion and not legal advice.

Dx

pukkamum

schristine06 wrote: »

Thanks. How long did you have to wait for a decision to be made? How long was your interview?

The interview itself took about half an hour but I had to wait about 2 months to hear about their decision, as I say this was the worst part!

schristine06

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Okay that's great. Take her (original) driving licence with you - that is acceptable proof of address for most things so should help a lot, plus any bills and statements that she is willing to let you have (again, originals, not copies).

I know this is easy to say, but please try not to worry. They are not out to trick you, or to tie you up in knots. They are just doing the job they are paid to do, and they don't have any hidden agenda. I am sure you will be fine.

But keep posting, if only for support x

EDIT - this is just a thought, but you could write a short note confirming that you will attend the meeting at [date/time/place] and in the meantime, as a matter of courtesy, you enclose copies of the evidence you will be bringing with you.

Note: Only send copies if you do this, keep the originals safe. I don't know if it will make any difference but there might just be an outside chance that they will cancel the interview, and even if they don't, they will have had chance to consider the documents beforehand, which might reduce the amount of questions they have (and therefore how long you are there for). But I don't specialise in this area, so this is just a suggestion and not legal advice.

Dx

Hi. The thought had crossed my mind about sending in copies of the evidence I have. I suppose it gives them some time to consider it, as im sure on the day of the Interview they won't want to spend time sitting and reading each and every piece of evidence i produce. I ideally need them to see the evidence though before they question me as most of the answers are within it.
In the letter they sent me there was a pre-produced reply for me to sign confirming my attendance and also as to whether a Solicitor would be accompanying me. I will be attending with a sensible friend who was also and continues to be my work colleague.
I will gather all of my proof (copies) over the next couple of days and send it off by registered post on Monday.

I cannot thank you enough for your advice .

schristine06

Hi . I had my interview "under caution" yesterday and just wanted to update you all as to how it went.
It was an extremely frightening experience but i answer all the questions honestly and at the end they told me that they would not be taking any further action as they could see i was telling the truth. Phew!!! What a relief.
I just want to say thanks so much to everyone that kindly gave me their advice. Especially zzzLazyDaisy whose invaluable advice and support will always be greatly appreciated. Thanks

zzzLazyDaisy

Thanks for coming back and updating us, it really is appreciated.

I am pleased it all turned out okay for you.

Dx

neverdespairgirl

Glad to hear it went well. Hope you've had a nice relaxing time recovering since!

RAS

Glad it all went OK for you. Hope you can relax now.