ESA and living away from home in the UK

bspm1

calcotti wrote: »

Also interesting is
47. ESA participants can go abroad for a period of up to four weeks and do not have to notify Jobcentre Plus that they are doing so.

I’m sure there have been discussions in this forum before about whether claimant is expected to tell the DWP before going abroad.[/QUOTE]

Loads, they all turn in to slanging matches usually.

TELLIT01

bspm1 wrote: »

calcotti wrote: »

Also interesting is
47. ESA participants can go abroad for a period of up to four weeks and do not have to notify Jobcentre Plus that they are doing so.

I’m sure there have been discussions in this forum before about whether claimant is expected to tell the DWP before going abroad.[/QUOTE]

Loads, they all turn in to slanging matches usually.

Much DWP advice is ambiguous. Look for information about informing DWP and you are likely to be told 'must' in one place, 'should' in another and 'advisable' in another.

calcotti

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Much DWP advice is ambiguous.

No disagreement from me on that score!!

Comms69

Teasedale wrote: »

Reading the "The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008" (as amended) I see that in part 12 (entitled Disqualification), benefit can be suspended if "the claimant ... is, without good cause, absent from the claimant’s place of residence without leaving word with the Secretary of State where the claimant may be found."

So what length of absence could trigger this disqualification? Is it OK to go to out shopping? Visit friends and family for a weekend? Spend the summer in someone else's holiday home? At what point does the Secretary of State decide that the claimant is in fact resident elsewhere than the original place of residence?

I am specifically excluding absence outside the UK because that is extensively dealt with in the regulations and commented on. Does nobody holiday in the UK these days?

Absent, without good cause....

justaquestion

What would happen in a case if someone on ESA or Pip was getting an extension built, and because of the hassle involved, moved to a different address for say 3-4 months, but always checked back at their home on most days to check mail etc, would they still have to notify the powers that be, to be on the safe side?

poppy12345

justaquestion wrote: »

What would happen in a case if someone on ESA or Pip was getting an extension built, and because of the hassle involved, moved to a different address for say 3-4 months, but always checked back at their home on most days to check mail etc, would they still have to notify the powers that be, to be on the safe side?

I would say yes.