CLINICAL TRIALS affecting benefits

CUTESMILE

Does anyone know if you take part in clinical trials if this affects your benefits.

Morglin

Don't know, but found this:

http://welfaretales.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/dwp-plans-to-ditch-ridiculed-jobs-website/

Lin

busy_mom_2

Depends what benefits you claim, the type of trial you are doing and are you getting paid?

Housing_Benefit_Officer

We prosecuted someone for failing to declare the money they got for clinical trials. We treated the money as self employed earnings for the period of time the trial covered. They lost their ESA and reduced their HB and CTB.

Marisco

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

We prosecuted someone for failing to declare the money they got for clinical trials. We treated the money as self employed earnings for the period of time the trial covered. They lost their ESA and reduced their HB and CTB.

Genuine question here, how did you find out about it? I should imagine if someone was claiming any benefits, then unless someone informed the DWP, then no one would know about it. Surely someone could have just gone away for a few days, and unless it happened to fall on a "sign on" day, they can just come back and say nowt!

lovinituk

Marisco wrote: »

Genuine question here, how did you find out about it?

The sudden growth of a 2nd head during their last job centre meeting gave it away :rotfl:

Housing_Benefit_Officer

Marisco wrote: »

Genuine question here, how did you find out about it? I should imagine if someone was claiming any benefits, then unless someone informed the DWP, then no one would know about it. Surely someone could have just gone away for a few days, and unless it happened to fall on a "sign on" day, they can just come back and say nowt!

Because they received money for the trial and this was informed to HMRC as the 'employer' paid no tax or national insurance as the guinea pig was classed as self employed and it was picked up by Data Matching that someone was receiving income and claiming benefits. Bank statements obtained from bank showed various payments over a couple of years
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rogerblack

In principle, yes, you can do a clinical trial, as implied by HBofficer, this may be earnings.
You've gone somewhere, and done something for money, and gotten paid for it.
In some cases - for example ESA - if the earnings were under 95 pounds a week, (it's gone up slightly, I forget to what) and it takes under 16 hours a week, it could be 'permitted work' - you need to apply for this.
Permitted work earnings do not affect HB, as I understand it.

Marisco

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

Because they received money for the trial and this was informed to HMRC as the 'employer' paid no tax or national insurance as the guinea pig was classed as self employed and it was picked up by Data Matching that someone was receiving income and claiming benefits. Bank statements obtained from bank showed various payments over a couple of years
.

Ah right, of course, I'd forgotten about HMRC, I was thinking "cash in hand" instead of "legit" earnings.

busy_mom_2

Marisco wrote: »

Genuine question here, how did you find out about it? I should imagine if someone was claiming any benefits, then unless someone informed the DWP, then no one would know about it. Surely someone could have just gone away for a few days, and unless it happened to fall on a "sign on" day, they can just come back and say nowt!

They should declare it, people need to read the declaration they declare every two weeks once in a while.

1111

Sure it's like surveys and you can receive voucher but cash would effect it, don't know how true this is, sure I have read It somewhere on the up your income forum