help me dont know what to do

jackie89

i have just found out my son has not been to collage for the last 14 monthes in that time i have been getting cb / wtc/ctc/hb/ctb/ he was 18 in september.i know i will have to pay it all back but i only get 50 pound a week wages he no longer lives with me. i have told the cb and the wtc/ctc and no longer get this money but does any one know what will.happen now and will the hb want there monies back to. thank you.can someone tell me if i am in the right place for my problem not to good at this.thanks

tigtag02

You haven't *just* found out :rolleyes:

THIS post asks what will happen if the benefits agency find out that he hasn't been ~ you knew a while ago!

Regardless of the college issue you shouldn't be claiming if he doesn't live with you either!! How long ago did he leave?

jackie89

about 4 weeks ago i did not kow he was not going i only found out when i told cb he didint live with me to stop any payments it was them who told me when he last went to college.

tigtag02

You DID know that he wasnt going to college 4 weeks ago ~ your post history proves that.

How the hell would CB know he wasnt going to college ~ besides DPA rules would not allow them to tell you that!

You were advised at that time to inform the benefits office of your discovery ~ it appears that you didnt and they have found out themselves!

bestpud

Wow, 14 months is a long time! Did he leave the house every morning with a bag and/or folder etc?

How did cb find out? If they knew before you then why wasn't it stopped as soon as they found out?

When you stopped all the other benefits, did you inform them he hasn't been going, or did you just say he is no longer at college? If the former, what did they say at the time?

I'd be very surprised if they don't want it paid back. I would try the CAB and see what they say, if only to help you arrange a manageable repayment schedule.

jackie89

yes he left the house 3 days a week and said he was going to collage i was geting letters from the collage asking me to go see his progress etc so i did not think he was not going. and i told cb he had left home and i didint know if he was in collage or not. he left home because i told him to fornot going to collage i didint knoW how long he had not been going for and i rang the cb the day he left my house. cb have ot said he has not be going just ent me a bill dateing back to 7/12/06 so i think this means he has not been going from this date.its the hb thats got me worryed i will thay take it back off my landlord does any one know how far back the hb.will.go i did get told that under 18 dont hav to pay rent unless thay work is this true

jackie89

can anyone help me going out of my mind with worry

Oldernotwiser

jackie89 wrote: »

yes he left the house 3 days a week and said he was going to collage i was geting letters from the collage asking me to go see his progress

Surely the college must have told you about his non attendance when you went in to discuss his progress? Or perhaps you couldn't be bothered?

jackie89

no thay never sent me a letter thay have my phone number did not ring me the only letter i got from them was to go to a progress evening and no as it happens i did not go to that my father had a stroke i was needed to look after him and still do so yes i could be botherd just could not go at that time i dont need remarks like that right now thanks

tigtag02

Why didnt you take the advice given back at the begining of the year to inform benefits you had discovered that your son was not attending college?

Oldernotwiser

jackie89 wrote: »

no thay never sent me a letter thay have my phone number did not ring me the only letter i got from them was to go to a progress evening and no as it happens i did not go to that my father had a stroke i was needed to look after him and still do so yes i could be botherd just could not go at that time i dont need remarks like that right now thanks

You just said "i was geting letters from the collage " (sic) You do seem to have a problem with facts, don't you?