UC claim review

SUPERGIRL2020

I claim UC.

Tofay I logged into my UC online Journal and seen a message saying they want to do a claim review. What does that mean? 

They are asking me to upload photo ID and 4 months of bank statements. 

Is this normal?  

Jyana

Yes it's normal. They seem to be doing this with a fair amount of people at the moment.

SUPERGIRL2020

Jyana said:

Yes it's normal. They seem to be doing this with a fair amount of people at the moment.

Seems a bit strange wanting bank statements! I get them wanting photo ID but not the bank statements 🤷‍♀️

poppy12345

The bank statements request is all part of these reviews and they usually ask for 4 months. UC is a means tested benefit and they are wanting to check that you don't have savings of more £6,000.

SUPERGIRL2020

Ok thats good to know!

Brie

Yes and the reason for 4 months is in case you won the big lottery 3 months back and shifted it to your second cousin's offshore account.  Like we all do.....

SUPERGIRL2020

Brie said:

Yes and the reason for 4 months is in case you won the big lottery 3 months back and shifted it to your second cousin's offshore account.  Like we all do.....

Might help if I even played the lottery 😂

elsien

poppy12345 said:

The bank statements request is all part of these reviews and they usually ask for 4 months. UC is a means tested benefit and they are wanting to check that you don't have savings of more £6,000.

Although if you have three current accounts, assorted savings accounts, and then send them statements from just one it’s not going to be the most effective way of checking. 

KxMx

They are doing 2 million of these checks, with just over 5 million on UC that's a big percentage. 

I had one myself a few months back. 

poppy12345

elsien said:

poppy12345 said:

The bank statements request is all part of these reviews and they usually ask for 4 months. UC is a means tested benefit and they are wanting to check that you don't have savings of more £6,000.

Although if you have three current accounts, assorted savings accounts, and then send them statements from just one it’s not going to be the most effective way of checking. 

Indeed which is why I didn’t advise they do that. 

Spoonie_Turtle

elsien said:

poppy12345 said:

The bank statements request is all part of these reviews and they usually ask for 4 months. UC is a means tested benefit and they are wanting to check that you don't have savings of more £6,000.

Although if you have three current accounts, assorted savings accounts, and then send them statements from just one it’s not going to be the most effective way of checking. 

Presumably from data matching they'll know whether a person's sent statements for all the accounts they hold.