housing/council tax benefit investigation letter.

keaton

Thank you.

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i could be wrong, but I doubt they will tell you what its about before the interview. Take someone with you to help with keeping calm.

I went to a similiar interview with the jobcentre. It was fairly stressful and wasn't based on facts, so was able to explain what they were concerned about. Keep calm, think before you reply.., and take any paperwork to do with earnings with you. Go to the library and see if they are able to find any records of the fax being sent (take the fax number with you), Its not likely but worth asking.

dippy3103

keaton wrote: »

Is there any chance that's what this is about though? Considering I've been paying it back since December?

It's likely to be that- even if you are paying it back

fluffymovie

My DH is a Fraud Manager. It is very likely to be this as failure to declare a change in circs, is an offence for which you can be prosecuted.

In my council, sometimes the level of the overpayment itself is what gets us to make a referral to investigations so yes, even though you have been paying it back, it is still possible.

If your household income had increased by £150 pm did you not think your benefit should have gone down a bit? You say you had letters but did you not check them?

keaton

fluffymovie wrote: »

My DH is a Fraud Manager. It is very likely to be this as failure to declare a change in circs, is an offence for which you can be prosecuted.

In my council, sometimes the level of the overpayment itself is what gets us to make a referral to investigations so yes, even though you have been paying it back, it is still possible.

If your household income had increased by £150 pm did you not think your benefit should have gone down a bit? You say you had letters but did you not check them?

My benefit did go down a bit, not by much though, I assumed that was the way it was meant to be though. They send me letters showing updated calculations nearly every month, one was even over a hundred pages long and I could not make head nor tail of it, I had to ring them up to have it explained.