Lived off inheritance then claiming benefit?

missapril75

Sncjw wrote: »

Surely if it's a year ago her name will ping up showing she last claimed a year ago. They would question why she has to reapply within a year.

As stated, it would depend if they had a specific reason the claim ended and whether they had access to that reason.

When I applied for jsa all my old information from 5 years previously was still logged even down to what jobs I was looking for back then.

That's a different computer system to the benefits one.

They will question why she claimed so quick maybe even dig out a letter of closure of she wrote a letter.

Offices have been 'paperless' for a couple of decades. Benefit files are stored in warehouses. No letter available.

WannaBLoaded

missapril75 wrote: »

Offices have been 'paperless' for a couple of decades. Benefit files are stored in warehouses. No letter available.

No letters scanned and saved?

WannaBLoaded

they should make a law where habitual benefit claimants that come into money have to pay for financial advice in a similar way pensioners unlocking their pensions do.

it's only natural that people getting money for old rope aren't going to view a sizable sum of money in the same way someone who has had to get their finger nails dirty does.

missapril75

WannaBLoaded wrote: »

No letters scanned and saved?

I believe this happens a little more than it used to, but remember it would have closed the claim last year so there's still an archiving issue from a dormant claim.

Plus, as stated, the letter may say no more than "please close my claim."

p00hsticks

WannaBLoaded wrote: »

No letters scanned and saved?

Scanned documents would come under the same Data Protection regs as paper ones - once a certain amount of time has passed after the claim is closed then they should be destroyed/erased.

teddysmum

stevemLS wrote: »

Which Article of the ECHR entitles someone to a "certain standard of living"?

Probably none, but someone in the handouts section is bound to say we can't let someone starve or freeze to death, so we'll pay up.



I wonder what the situation will be for those who take out their pension pot, spend it, then find they struggle on just the State pension with no add-on benefits that current pensioners can be awarded, if their income is low.


The impression given is that they will have to make do, but who knows ? They may have their cake and the chance to eat it.