Joint I.S and DLA JC interview

AG47

poppy12345 wrote: »

She would be on your IS claim because you claim a s a couple. She would only be allowed to earn up to £20 per week. Anything over that and it would affect your IS.

If she got about £60 for one day per week, then we would at least be £20 week better off.

And I don't think this would affect our other benefits so much, like housing council tax?

poppy12345

AG47 wrote: »

If she got about £60 for one day per week, then we would at least be £20 week better off.

And I don't think this would affect our other benefits so much, like housing council tax?

No you wouldn't be because they would deduct money from your IS if more than £20 is earned per week.

AG47

Please help, I have just had a letter saying we missed a work focused interview, and my wife will have her benefits stopped now.

Well actually she doesn't claim anything at all, the claims for housing benefit and carers allowance and DLA are all in my name.

What will happen now

Alice_Holt

1) Ring ASAP your job coach / provider / whoever the letter came from and agree to attend an interview. This will give an end date for the sanction (the date you agreed to comply).
Confirm in writing and keep a copy, so you have evidence of complying.
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/benefit-sanctions-and-what-to-do-about-them

2) Challenge the sanction. Provide a good reason for non attendance.
http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/cpag-scot-factsheet-Sanctions%20lone%20parents.pdf

Get help from your local CAB.

If it's a joint (couple) claim it doesn't matter whose name it is in.
Every day you don't comply will be a day without IS income (your other benefits are not affected).
So act tomorrow.

Dullville

AG47 wrote: »

Please help, I have just had a letter saying we missed a work focused interview, and my wife will have her benefits stopped now.

Well actually she doesn't claim anything at all, the claims for housing benefit and carers allowance and DLA are all in my name.

What will happen now

How did you end up missing it? You got a whole page of comments advising you and your wife to go to this interview!
Very strange!

AG47

Alice_Holt wrote: »

1) Ring ASAP your job coach / provider / whoever the letter came from and agree to attend an interview. This will give an end date for the sanction (the date you agreed to comply).
Confirm in writing and keep a copy, so you have evidence of complying.
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/benefit-sanctions-and-what-to-do-about-them

2) Challenge the sanction. Provide a good reason for non attendance.
http://www.cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/cpag-scot-factsheet-Sanctions%20lone%20parents.pdf

Get help from your local CAB.

If it's a joint (couple) claim it doesn't matter whose name it is in.
Every day you don't comply will be a day without IS income (your other benefits are not affected).
So act tomorrow.

Thanks for that, we never knew about this interview until we had a letter saying we missed it

How do I know if it's a joint claim?

I think it's just me claiming IS

poppy12345

AG47 wrote: »

Thanks for that, we never knew about this interview until we had a letter saying we missed it

How do I know if it's a joint claim?

I think it's just me claiming IS

You would normally claim as a couple. How much IS do you get per week?

[Deleted User]

AG47 wrote: »

I'm a full time carer, but actually my wife does so much of the care for our disabled son,

Now the JC want to interview her so she starts looking for work

Would it be ok if I was the one who went to look for work and not her, even though I'm officially the carer?

Is it worth swapping the paperwork over to make her the official full time carer, I mean we both do it but if one of us had to go to work then we think it's best for me

AG47 wrote: »

Thanks for that, we never knew about this interview until we had a letter saying we missed it

How do I know if it's a joint claim?

I think it's just me claiming IS

Your claim is a joint claim. You can’t claim income based benefits individually if you are in a couple.

You quite clearly did know about the appointment because you posted about it here. Your decision to ignore it wasn’t wise.

Alice_Holt

AG47 wrote: »

we never knew about this interview until we had a letter saying we missed it

That is then your reason for non attendance.

HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE RELEVANT ORGANISATION THIS MORNING TO RESCHEDULE THE APPOINTMENT AND ESTABLISH AN END DATE FOR THE SANCTION?

Remember - Every day you don't comply will be a day without IS income

AG47

My I.S still came through