Daughters UC stopped

poppy12345

ElwoodBlues said:

Is it not part of the claimant commitment to inform UC of going abroad? If you don't and they later find out could they sanction you just for not telling them at the time? 

For my daughter it doesn't because she has LCWRA so her only commitments are reporting changes. Going abroad for less than 1 month is not a change that needs to be reported. 

We went away last year for 14 days and I didn't report those changes for her. This year we are going again for 10 days and I won't be reported those changes. They can check if they want to but they won't find that she was out of the country for longer than 1 month. 

No, she can't be sanctioned for not telling them. 

HillStreetBlues

Muttleythefrog said:

On last question... if the claimant isn't breaching their commitments they can travel as often as they like in theory.

Yes as long as they were would still be classed as a habitually resident.
I think the reason there is nothing about holidays (both GB & abroad) in UC is the total mess they made with ESA.
With ESA by law  you have to report being "away from home" nothing quantifying what that actually means. So every time you leave your house (home) you are suppose to inform the DWP.  So pop out to do a bit of shopping you have left your home etc. so it is totally unenforceable.

Newcad

ElwoodBlues said
And on the same subject, how long do you have to stay back in the UK in between 28 day/1 month trips abroad?

Technically then 1 day back at your home betwen trips is sufficent, and I believe that it doesn't even have to be a full 24 hours or even an overnight stay.
Once the plane touches down, or the boat docks, etc. then you are counted as being in the UK for that day.
(Although caching the next flight out without leaving the airport probably wouldn't count).

However for repeating periods spent abroad you do have to also consider the requirement to 'live in the UK' in order to be eligible for UK benefits.
That means showing that your main home is the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
Normally that isn't a question raised if you are a UK citizen, but if you are out of the UK more than you are here then questions are likely to be raised about whether you are indeed Normally/Habitually Resident.
It is possible to be abroad more than in the UK and still be Normally/Habitually Resident in the UK, but if that is the case then the circumstances of why you are spending the time abroad will be questioned and scrutinised.