Employment Support Allowance - switching from Contribution to Income-based

[geminisnake]

I'm aware of how it's supposed to work, the issue is that they haven't asked me about savings.

IIRC the onus is on YOU to tell them what your savings are. I think when you claim that informing them of savings is part of the I declare this is all true bit. They can get very stroppy if you don't tell them and they later find out.
As Frances says £6k is when it will affect you. £16k is the top limit, after that you're entitled to diddly squat and expected to live off your savings. Between £6 and 16K it's a sliding scale.

 

[andysays]

IIRC the onus is on YOU to tell them what your savings are. I think when you claim that informing them of savings is part of the I declare this is all true bit. They can get very stroppy if you don't tell them and they later find out...

This is the crucial point at issue, I think

I made a claim for contributions based benefit a year ago, for which savings are irrelevant. I certainly don't remember them asking me about savings, but maybe they did and I've forgotten.

Does anyone else, maybe someone who has claimed contributions based benefit recently, know if it's standard to be asked about savings at that point?

I don't see how they can expect you to tell them about a change in something they haven't previously asked about or, as is the case here, that something they haven't previously asked you about has subsequently become relevant, though that won't necessarily prevent them from getting stroppy.

...As Frances says £6k is when it will affect you. £16k is the top limit, after that you're entitled to diddly squat and expected to live off your savings. Between £6 and 16K it's a sliding scale.

I know this already, but thanks for the info.

 

[mog1976]

Yeh. Its wrong. Like making old people sell there homes to pay for care.
Before you was getting back what you had put into the system but now you get put into the drain on the system group. Expected to take any work at all and get minimum wage .
Im so glad i havent had to go near any of that fuckin balls for 9 years now.
Years ago there was ok jobs available that u could get - now there is no job about where i am but thay expect u to
show you been doing stuff every day to get work. I think my mate puts more worjk in to showing them hes looking for work then i do when i go to work

 

[mog1976]

Yeh. Its wrong. Like making old people sell there homes to pay for care.
Before you was getting back what you had put into the system but now you get put into the drain on the system group. Expected to take any work at all and get minimum wage .
Im so glad i havent had to go near any of that fuckin balls for 9 years now.
Years ago there was ok jobs available that u could get - now there is no job about where i am but thay expect u to
show you been doing stuff every day to get work. I think my mate puts more worjk in to showing them hes looking for work then i do when i go to work

 

[Chris.H.1961]

I know it's tempting not to, but tell them (again?) about your savings. Don't give the bastards an excuse to sanction you, or worse, do you for fraud

 

[mog1976]

Yeh. Its wrong. Like making old people sell there homes to pay for care.
Before you was getting back what you had put into the system but now you get put into the drain on the system group. Expected to take any work at all and get minimum wage .
Im so glad i havent had to go near any of that fuckin balls for 9 years now.
Years ago there was ok jobs available that u could get - now there is no job about where i am but thay expect u to
show you been doing stuff every day to get work. I think my mate puts more worjk in to showing them hes looking for work then i do when i go to work

 

[mog1976]

Yeh. Its wrong. Like making old people sell there homes to pay for care.
Before you was getting back what you had put into the system but now you get put into the drain on the system group. Expected to take any work at all and get minimum wage .
Im so glad i havent had to go near any of that fuckin balls for 9 years now.
Years ago there was ok jobs available that u could get - now there is no job about where i am but thay expect u to
show you been doing stuff every day to get work. I think my mate puts more worjk in to showing them hes looking for work then i do when i go to work

 

[Frances Lengel]

Hmm, is it wrong? Mog seems to think so anyway.

 

[Chris.H.1961]

^^^

 

[mog1976]

Hmm, is it wrong? Mog seems to think so anyway.

Fucking phone giving me gip

 

[Greebo]

Fucking phone giving me gip

There was I thinking the multiple posts were a reflection of how strongly you felt.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Fucking phone giving me gip

Only messing with you mate