Attendance Allowance and holidays abroad

missbiggles1

FBaby wrote: »

mmm, did you actually read it? It is directly relevant, ie. the person claiming at any time must have been in the country for X number of days to be entitled. The reason for being outside of the country whether visiting, residing temporary, working etc..., is irrelevant.

Yes, you can apply if you live elsewhere in the EU and this is covered in the regulation further down, however, in the case of OP, they are residing in GB.

Because of the way you've cut your quote and not referenced the page or paragraph, it's difficult to check (and no, I haven't read the whole document) but it sounded to me like this was to do with the point at which you apply.

If it isn't, I apologise, but from what you've given it really isn't clear.

bspm

I didn't read it all either, haven't got the time or inclination to, just scanned for any mention of 13 weeks and found

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(d) he is temporarily absent from Great Britain and that absence has not lasted
for a continuous period exceeding 13 weeks.

Still cant see anything else relating to the '12 month rolling period' which is what this thread was supposed to be about.

Time to move on I think.

margaretclare

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I don't think ours have ever been scanned going on the ferry (although it has been a while) and I'm pretty sure they don't do it on the train.

Happy to be corrected, of course.

If you go by ferry from Dover there is the international border before you get on to the port. For Eurotunnel the international border is at Folkestone. You have both British and French border posts.

Same coming back.

Mersey_2

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Advance Passenger Information is collected by the travel company.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exit-checks-on-passengers-leaving-the-uk/exit-checks-fact-sheet

On returning to the UK, we have 100% passport checks.

True, but not by the DWP.

missbiggles1

margaretclare wrote: »

If you go by ferry from Dover there is the international border before you get on to the port. For Eurotunnel the international border is at Folkestone. You have both British and French border posts.

Same coming back.

Oh, I know that - it's the scanning them I didn't remember but that seems to be down to the date when it was introduced. I can remember, at times, not even handing over my passport, just holding it up, open at the right page.

margaretclare

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Oh, I know that - it's the scanning them I didn't remember but that seems to be down to the date when it was introduced. I can remember, at times, not even handing over my passport, just holding it up, open at the right page.

Those days have long gone!

We've had the boot searched for stowaways/contraband. We've even been scanned for drugs.

FBaby

Still cant see anything else relating to the '12 month rolling period' which is what this thread was supposed to be about.

If you did bother to read the link, you would have got to that part:

he has been present in Great Britain for a period of, or for periods amounting in the aggregate to, not less than 26 weeks in the 52 weeks immediately preceding that day

I won't quote the whole thing, but as already explained 'that day', is any day whilst claiming.

It's up to you if you want to ignore it!

powerful_Rogue

Mersey wrote: »

True, but not by the DWP.

I never stated it was.

Although just because it isn't collected on behalf of the DWP, doesn't mean they cant have access to the information.

bspm

FBaby wrote: »

If you did bother to read the link, you would have got to that part:


I won't quote the whole thing, but as already explained 'that day', is any day whilst claiming.

It's up to you if you want to ignore it!

Ok this is my last post to you as I have no idea what you are trying to prove and I'm finding you quite anal.

My reply to the original poster was that I had not seen any documents that mentioned a ' 12 month rolling period'.

The files you keep attaching (which I am certainly not going to read in full) make comments on how long someone has to be in the country but nothing about a 12 month rolling period.

Can I just point out that the file you posted on Benefits, dated 1991 has had at least four updates to my knowledge (without looking as this is from memory from my DWP days)

Maybe if you have nothing else to do this afternoon you could search for up to date regs on the aforementioned rules.

As usual, Have a nice Day

Mersey_2

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

I never stated it was.

Although just because it isn't collected on behalf of the DWP, doesn't mean they cant have access to the information.

It actually does, due to the Data Protection Act.


However, (only) if fraud is suspected there is an exception - s29(3) DPA - which allows Govt departments and insurers to seek info from banks and share this with other Govt depts etc.


[However, it always amuses me on here when posters attempt to scare people into believing the DWP has the desire, competence or capacity to check whether eg all 3m claimants went on holiday abroad for a week last year.]