pip sudden knock at the door

sheramber

A Performance Measurement review officer may visit you if you’re claiming:

Employment and Support Allowance

Housing Benefit

Income Support

Jobseeker’s Allowance

Pension Credit

Do you get any of the above?

Robbie64

Hi TygerSunMaverick1

I remember the thread you have linked to and can remember posting in it. The thread is from August 2014. As far as I am aware, nothing ever came of this and the idea was quietly dropped. It seems to have been either a misunderstanding or DWP scaremongering (probably the latter given how things were at the time). Since the thread was posted, the DWP have reduced the amount of visiting staff it employs as well as changing a number of benefits that are payable that would have triggered a visit (notified or otherwise) in the first place. It's almost certainly not anyone from the DWP who knocked on your door.

Muttleythefrog

That post/thread quoted is from 2014.... a different world of operation to today. I'm not hearing any such reports and it may not have even been particularly true at the time.

TygerSunMaverick1

Robbie64 said:

Hi TygerSunMaverick1

I remember the thread you have linked to and can remember posting in it. The thread is from August 2014. As far as I am aware, nothing ever came of this and the idea was quietly dropped. It seems to have been either a misunderstanding or DWP scaremongering (probably the latter given how things were at the time). Since the thread was posted, the DWP have reduced the amount of visiting staff it employs as well as changing a number of benefits that are payable that would have triggered a visit (notified or otherwise) in the first place. It's almost certainly not anyone from the DWP who knocked on your door.

Ok, that you Robbie64.   The knock three times over two days is odd though as reported in your original post?  Exactly what happened here?   The plot thickens then!

TygerSunMaverick1

Muttleythefrog said:

That post/thread quoted is from 2014.... a different world of operation to today. I'm not hearing any such reports and it may not have even been particularly true at the time.

Thanks again Muttleythefrog, as I say, the knock 3 times over two days does seem rather odd though?  But thank you very much for your contribution!

Muttleythefrog

TygerSunMaverick1 said:

Muttleythefrog said:

That post/thread quoted is from 2014.... a different world of operation to today. I'm not hearing any such reports and it may not have even been particularly true at the time.

Thanks again Muttleythefrog, as I say, the knock 3 times over two days does seem rather odd though?  But thank you very much for your contribution!

Could be pretty much anything... unfortunately there's only one obvious way to find out who they are... but that's likely only to happen if your anxiety over not knowing who they are outweighs the anxiety of answering the door to them. The fact they're not leaving any letters or trying any other means of contact suggests to me they have no other means of contact or it'd not be relevant which implies they're not from a government department like the DWP. Could be people concerned for your welfare... anything really.

TygerSunMaverick1

Muttleythefrog said:

TygerSunMaverick1 said:

Muttleythefrog said:

That post/thread quoted is from 2014.... a different world of operation to today. I'm not hearing any such reports and it may not have even been particularly true at the time.

Thanks again Muttleythefrog, as I say, the knock 3 times over two days does seem rather odd though?  But thank you very much for your contribution!

Could be pretty much anything... unfortunately there's only one obvious way to find out who they are... but that's likely only to happen if your anxiety over not knowing who they are outweighs the anxiety of answering the door to them. The fact they're not leaving any letters or trying any other means of contact suggests to me they have no other means of contact or it'd not be relevant which implies they're not from a government department like the DWP. Could be people concerned for your welfare... anything really.

Well I am up late cos I'm still worried!    But no, I will not be answering the door!     With Royal Mail's performance in recent times, I suppose it is always possible a letter has already been sent but not yet delivered.  Great!   Anyway, it is very good of you to continue dialogue with me about this.  I can't sleep!   But it really is good to hear your sense that it is not DWP!   Thank you!