Lost purse with benefits in

missapril75

Pollycat wrote: »

Just because you haven't come across a 'dropped' purse or wallet doesn't mean that people don't drop them.

To be fair, I don't think Camelot was suggesting that lost wallets/purses never happen, more that with the sheer numbers of alleged losses just before xmas, family birthdays etc (work on the old crisis loans system and you do see a pattern - hence the OP's own comment about a suspect time) that one might expect to see the odd one.

In my stint doing that job a tidy supplemental income could be had just by going around the phone boxes picking up all the purses allegedly lost. Or handing them in of course.

tea-bag

Mr_Costcutter wrote: »

Perhaps you could clarify this statement please.

There are MANY that have no ongoing additional costs. Cause people are going to Scream and scream if they think 100 odd pounds a week for nothing is going to be taken away.

[Deleted User]

Evidence as to these 'many' please. Or is this an assumption based on something you have seen or not seen, applied to this mysterious 'many'?

You do realise that even the Goverment accept that 0.4% are claiming benefits fraudulently? But of course, this figure becomes 'many' because then they can harangue all claimants and we are all tarred with the same brush.

And how do you, as someone not receiving this benefit, know what costs are involved in caring for a person who has special needs or a disability? Or is that an assumption too?

And its DEFINITELY NOT £100 odd a week. And its not for NOTHING. Another assumption.

The reason people panic at the thought of losing this money is they don't know how they are going to cover the extra costs of meeting their needs. I still have nightmares about searching through the settee cushions for enough money to buy shop bought sandwiches because it was all my autistic son would eat at the time. Nothing else would do, I tried. This was before DLA was awarded. I remember those days all too well. You really do need to go night after night with an 18 year old without sleep before you make assumptions are to the costs of looking after someone with special needs.

marliepanda

Regardless of who, what, why and where the DLA money is spent, lost money is lost money.

Doesn't matter if its wages, benefits, lottery winnings, or you robbed a bank. If you drop it, its gone. No one is going to reimburse you.

1. Where does that money come from?
2. Impossible to prove.

Its crap. Of course its crap. Losing money is never fun especially close to Christmas.

I personally don't withdraw money of that amount because I would be gutted to lose it.

I would seriously reconsider withdrawing that amount of money unless it needs to be immediately spent. Far too risky.

Pollycat

deannatrois
Don't let people get to you.

As long as you are doing the right thing for your son, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks.

Have a good Christmas. :santa2:

FBaby

Evidence as to these 'many' please. Or is this an assumption based on something you have seen or not seen, applied to this mysterious 'many'?

There is no such evidence one way or the other in most cases because it is all about interpretation. Someone claiming DLA that isn't spend on anything directly relating to their disability will say for instance that the money is used for the additional cost of electricity for being at home more than someone working, but then again, you could say that by not working, they are saving on petrol.

People who claim on the basis of agoraphobia will say that the cost of SKY is relating to it because they can't go out and it makes them cope better with the condition. Of course, no-one knows whether if they worked for the same income and had their anxiety under control, they would decide not to have SKY because they wouldn't actually need it.

You can always find a way to justify needing something, the question is how far can the government afford these perceived needs when people with actual needs struggle to get these met because of lack of funding.

Personally, I would much prefer my taxes to go towards extending the criteria for NHS funding towards powerchairs so that anyone who needs it could receive it and not worry about maintenance and insurance rather than paying for someone with agoraphobia to have SKY when doing so only encourage them to remain home and therefore not face their condition to try to get better.

missbiggles1

deannatrois wrote: »

Evidence as to these 'many' please. Or is this an assumption based on something you have seen or not seen, applied to this mysterious 'many'?

You do realise that even the Goverment accept that 0.4% are claiming benefits fraudulently? But of course, this figure becomes 'many' because then they can harangue all claimants and we are all tarred with the same brush.

And how do you, as someone not receiving this benefit, know what costs are involved in caring for a person who has special needs or a disability? Or is that an assumption too?

And its DEFINITELY NOT £100 odd a week. And its not for NOTHING. Another assumption.

The reason people panic at the thought of losing this money is they don't know how they are going to cover the extra costs of meeting their needs. I still have nightmares about searching through the settee cushions for enough money to buy shop bought sandwiches because it was all my autistic son would eat at the time. Nothing else would do, I tried. This was before DLA was awarded. I remember those days all too well. You really do need to go night after night with an 18 year old without sleep before you make assumptions are to the costs of looking after someone with special needs.

Please don't think I'm having a go at you, because I'm really not - you sound like you're doing a good job in difficult circumstances.

However, the fact is that all parents on low incomes get around £80 pw in child related benefits which will buy an awful lot of shop bought sandwiches, without needing to dip into the DLA.

Pollycat

missbiggles1 wrote: »

However, the fact is that all parents on low incomes get around £80 pw in child related benefits which will buy an awful lot of shop bought sandwiches, without needing to dip into the DLA.

So if someone spends £80 of their child-related benefits per weekweek on sandwiches what money do they use to buy clothes & footwear for the kids?
The child's DLA?

missbiggles1

Pollycat wrote: »

So if someone spends £80 of their child-related benefits per weekweek on sandwiches what money do they use to buy clothes & footwear for the kids?
The child's DLA?

At 18, a "child" isn't going to grow out of clothes or wear them out quickly like a younger child would do. What's more, you could buy between 50 and 80 sandwiches for £80, which would leave some money over.

However, I was actually talking in general terms about the money someone on a low income receives to feed their children which would stretch to feeding someone with even the fussiest of tastes for a while.

candygirl

I can't believe the amount of judgemental posts on here The OP has a disabled Daughter, and has lost a considerable amount of money, and was asking for advice. I agree she wont get reimbursed by the DWP, but less of the sanctimonious attitudes please