housing benefit fraud

Housing_Benefit_Officer

1) Does he own a car - where is it registered.
2) Is you name on the car as a driver.
3) Which address is he registered to vote.
4) What address does his GP hold for him.
5) What address do his bank statements go.
6) Is his name on any of your utility bills.
7) If he claims any benefits which address does he give.
8) Do his utility bills reflect that he is living at his address or do they show nil usage.
9) Have you jointly claimed any credit with him at your address.
10) Does he have any post sent to your address.
11) Does he have any belongings at your address.
12) Does he have a toothbrush, deodorant etc in your bathroom cabinet.
13) Do you do his washing.
14) Are any of his clothes in your wardrobes.
15) Or under your bed.
16) Do you shop separately or together.
17) Where does he eat the majority of his meals.
18) Have you hung any of his washing from your washing line.

Just a few of the questions that could be asked.

snailz

no this is not the case, up until he became her carer he paid his rent for 12 years. it was only when i was diagnosed and was unable to care for her that he gave up his job. the reason we dont live together is because we argue, looking after a severley disabled child takes it toll on a relationship, its not an ideal situation i know. he just doesnt want to give up his home and move to mine where he would never get a break from the challenge of my daughter, the nights he stays over he gets no sleep at all. he has lived there for 14 years. in the time we have been together we have split up and i have been in a relationship with someone else, i dont blame him for not wanting to make a commitment when we have had so many issues.

Jobseeeker

at the end of the day, he has his own place therefore he will have lease, council tax bill, electricity bill so there is no financial advantage to him staying at your house a few nights a week

gather up this documentation and take it along and that will prove your boyfried lives elsewhere

I wouldn't worry

borkid

SHIRAZ wrote: »

you have a child together, you trust him enough to be your other child's carer yet your not "ready" to live together?
I'm not surprised someone has reported you, it sounds like you do live together but just have separate addresses to claim maximum benefits...

If she has ME I can quite understand why she doesn't want to commit. It isn't just a physical thing it can affect ones personality as well ( I'm not saying this is the case with the OP) . Also the sufferer can go from being able to cope to within a few minutes being unable to sit up.

snailz

wow so many questions, pls bear with me
1) Does he own a car - where is it registered.- no
2) Is you name on the car as a driver.-n/a
3) Which address is he registered to vote.- his flat
4) What address does his GP hold for him.- his flat
5) What address do his bank statements go.- his flat
6) Is his name on any of your utility bills.- no
7) If he claims any benefits which address does he give.- his flat
8) Do his utility bills reflect that he is living at his address or do they show nil usage.- he is in debt with his electric, im guessing everything else is normal
9) Have you jointly claimed any credit with him at your address.- no
10) Does he have any post sent to your address.- no
11) Does he have any belongings at your address.- a couple of items needed for when he stays over, not many
12) Does he have a toothbrush, deodorant etc in your bathroom cabinet.- no he carries this with him for when he travels here
13) Do you do his washing.- no
14) Are any of his clothes in your wardrobes.- no only what he brings in his bag and takes away with him when he leaves
15) Or under your bed.
16) Do you shop separately or together.- no i shop with my parents
17) Where does he eat the majority of his meals.- he eats take away, when he is here he gets sandwiches or chippy, at christmas i made us a meal?
18) Have you hung any of his washing from your washing line.- yes but only when my daughter spills things on him, he has to rinse them, she soils and vomits alot

Housing_Benefit_Officer

snailz wrote: »

wow so many questions, pls bear with me
1) Does he own a car - where is it registered.- no
2) Is you name on the car as a driver.-n/a
3) Which address is he registered to vote.- his flat
4) What address does his GP hold for him.- his flat
5) What address do his bank statements go.- his flat
6) Is his name on any of your utility bills.- no
7) If he claims any benefits which address does he give.- his flat
8) Do his utility bills reflect that he is living at his address or do they show nil usage.- he is in debt with his electric, im guessing everything else is normal
9) Have you jointly claimed any credit with him at your address.- no
10) Does he have any post sent to your address.- no
11) Does he have any belongings at your address.- a couple of items needed for when he stays over, not many
12) Does he have a toothbrush, deodorant etc in your bathroom cabinet.- no he carries this with him for when he travels here
13) Do you do his washing.- no
14) Are any of his clothes in your wardrobes.- no only what he brings in his bag and takes away with him when he leaves
15) Or under your bed.
16) Do you shop separately or together.- no i shop with my parents
17) Where does he eat the majority of his meals.- he eats take away, when he is here he gets sandwiches or chippy, at christmas i made us a meal?
18) Have you hung any of his washing from your washing line.- yes but only when my daughter spills things on him, he has to rinse them, she soils and vomits alot

From what you have said I don't think you really have anything to worry about. If you had answered yes to nearly all the above questions then that would indicate he was living with you. But he maintains a separate household and lives separately.

They have had an allegation and they are duty bound to investigate it. If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about. Shame they didn't keep the info from the previous allegation so they could see if it was from the same person.

They will probably ask similar questions to the ones I put to you to try and establish if you are living together.

You won't get in trouble regarding the care situation. It is difficult enough trying to bring up a disabled child without some nosey friend or neighbour reporting you for fraud.

If your on/off boyfriend turned round and refused to help care for your daughter then you would be placed under considerable strain, you could become ill and require more council resources to help care for your daughter.

snailz

we had a talk about it last night and decided it might work better if he did actually move in, in terms of caring for my daughter and reducing the time of travelling to and from his flat. however, how do i go about this? is it too late? would i look guilty? im more than happy to attend that interview and hold my head up high. iv done nothing wrong. what will happen if i go down this route? thank you for your advice its very appreciated.

keyser666

snailz wrote: »

wow so many questions, pls bear with me
1) Does he own a car - where is it registered.- no
2) Is you name on the car as a driver.-n/a
3) Which address is he registered to vote.- his flat
4) What address does his GP hold for him.- his flat
5) What address do his bank statements go.- his flat
6) Is his name on any of your utility bills.- no
7) If he claims any benefits which address does he give.- his flat
8) Do his utility bills reflect that he is living at his address or do they show nil usage.- he is in debt with his electric, im guessing everything else is normal
9) Have you jointly claimed any credit with him at your address.- no
10) Does he have any post sent to your address.- no
11) Does he have any belongings at your address.- a couple of items needed for when he stays over, not many
12) Does he have a toothbrush, deodorant etc in your bathroom cabinet.- no he carries this with him for when he travels here
13) Do you do his washing.- no
14) Are any of his clothes in your wardrobes.- no only what he brings in his bag and takes away with him when he leaves
15) Or under your bed.
16) Do you shop separately or together.- no i shop with my parents
17) Where does he eat the majority of his meals.- he eats take away, when he is here he gets sandwiches or chippy, at christmas i made us a meal?
18) Have you hung any of his washing from your washing line.- yes but only when my daughter spills things on him, he has to rinse them, she soils and vomits alot

you will be fine then

keyser666

snailz wrote: »

we had a talk about it last night and decided it might work better if he did actually move in, in terms of caring for my daughter and reducing the time of travelling to and from his flat. however, how do i go about this? is it too late? would i look guilty? im more than happy to attend that interview and hold my head up high. iv done nothing wrong. what will happen if i go down this route? thank you for your advice its very appreciated.

i wouldn't do that right now as it will muddy the waters

snailz

ok so do i wait till after the interview? at what point is best?