Interview Under Caution Urgent Advice Needed!

FBaby

I disagree. Many people with mental health issues fail to have full insight into the condition and difficulties it causes. Even if they drive and manage their own money.

Of course, it's called selective effect of mental health, ok to book nice holidays abroad, to come and give specific and detailed advice to fellow benefit claimants, but when it comes to anything vaguely unpleasant, the 'I'm affected by MH issues, it's not my fault and therefore yours' comes out.

OP, please don't worry. It sounds like they are only picking up on the previous investigation, not your current claim. If you got a civil penalty, but yet the next step which would involve repaying never took place, then this would be considered unfinished business.

Go to the interview, be totally honest, and agree to repay what you wrongly received and that will be the end of it. Don't panic, make sure you listen to what they tell you, answer each question truthfully and do what they ask you to do.

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

FBaby wrote: »

Of course, it's called selective effect of mental health, ok to book nice holidays abroad, to come and give specific and detailed advice to fellow benefit claimants, but when it comes to anything vaguely unpleasant, the 'I'm affected by MH issues, it's not my fault and therefore yours' comes out.

OP, please don't worry. It sounds like they are only picking up on the previous investigation, not your current claim. If you got a civil penalty, but yet the next step which would involve repaying never took place, then this would be considered unfinished business.

Go to the interview, be totally honest, and agree to repay what you wrongly received and that will be the end of it. Don't panic, make sure you listen to what they tell you, answer each question truthfully and do what they ask you to do.

No it just serves to prove that mental health is a complex area of medicine.

tomtontom

It would be very concerning if someone incapable of answering a simple yes/ no question was allowed to drive a car!

controversy

trona40 wrote: »

I have read everyone's comments and I definitely feel like the worst is going to happen.

I have all my paperwork for the interview, and I'll hopefully get someone from the CAB to come with me. Does anyone have any other advice for this interview if anyone else has been to one?

If this interview is truly about my pension then all I can tell them is that they clearly knew about it when they reduced my JSA income in September for it and now I am being interviewed under caution while on ESA 3
Months later about it, where I didn't fill in any forms by the way, it was a straight change over since it went to tribunal.

Does anyone know the likely outcome? Is it likely I'll appear in court?

Even if you do appear in court you won't get sent to prison. Here is a link to a benefit fraud blog and you will see people do not get sent to prison for a income related minor mistake.

http://benefitfraud.blogspot.co.uk/

The worst that will happen will be the Judge telling you off and give you a minor fine for court costs. Maybe £200-400.

They are playing Psychological Warfare with you. They do this to everyone.

tomtontom

controversy wrote: »

Even if you do appear in court you won't get sent to prison. Here is a link to a benefit fraud blog and you will see people do not get sent to prison for a income related minor mistake.

http://benefitfraud.blogspot.co.uk/

The worst that will happen will be the Judge telling you off and give you a minor fine for court costs. Maybe £200-400.

They are playing Psychological Warfare with you. They do this to everyone.

Please don't worry about this poster OP, they're well known for scaremongering

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

tomtontom wrote: »

It would be very concerning if someone incapable of answering a simple yes/ no question was allowed to drive a car!

Not necessarily. Some people with anxiety lose the ability to speak coherently when under stress. You don't need to speak to drive not are you being placed under social stress.

nannytone_2

controversy wrote: »

Even if you do appear in court you won't get sent to prison. Here is a link to a benefit fraud blog and you will see people do not get sent to prison for a income related minor mistake.

http://benefitfraud.blogspot.co.uk/

The worst that will happen will be the Judge telling you off and give you a minor fine for court costs. Maybe £200-400.

They are playing Psychological Warfare with you. They do this to everyone.

and yet they willingly throw more money at you than you can spend?
to the time of 10k a year that you are able to save?

you really ned to stop scaring other people and sort your own life out

tomtontom

A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

Not necessarily. Some people with anxiety lose the ability to speak coherently when under stress. You don't need to speak to drive not are you being placed under social stress.

Because driving can't be stressful? If someone has such an extreme reaction to stress how do you suggest they would cope if someone tried to cut them up on a busy road, or when expected to react to avoid an accident?

Your argument is nonsensical. Anyone that cannot cope with stressful situations, or have the clarity to complete a simple form, should not be in charge of a vehicle.

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

tomtontom wrote: »

Because driving can't be stressful? If someone has such an extreme reaction to stress how do you suggest they would cope if someone tried to cut them up on a busy road, or when expected to react to avoid an accident?

Your argument is nonsensical. Anyone that cannot cope with stressful situations, or have the clarity to complete a simple form, should not be in charge of a vehicle.

It doesn't say here if the OP drives or not. This thread is about an interview under caution about a misunderstanding be it the the OP innocently omitted their pension or not.

dippy3103

controversy wrote: »

Even if you do appear in court you won't get sent to prison. Here is a link to a benefit fraud blog and you will see people do not get sent to prison for a income related minor mistake.

http://benefitfraud.blogspot.co.uk/

The worst that will happen will be the Judge telling you off and give you a minor fine for court costs. Maybe £200-400.

They are playing Psychological Warfare with you. They do this to everyone.

Even if it does go to court then the o/p will not go to prison. But they havn't even been interviewed yet.

Psychological warfare??? That's untrue & melodramatic. Comments like that help no-one and just cause the o/p (a person already in an anxiety state) even more distress.