changes of circumstances - or not? Abroad 2 weeks

Hi Ostia

JSA: Under Reg 19(2) JSA Regs in any 12 month period, you can be away from home for up to two weeks,. If you inform DWP that you were away for a few weeks on family business then DWP my believe that you were working, you have to be careful with what words you use in describing why you were absent.

ESA; if you were entitled to ESA immediately before leaving Great Britain and are temporarily absent, you can continue to be entitled: Regs 151-55 ESA Regs; regs 88-92 ESA Regs 2013 for the first four weeks, if your absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks and for the first 26 weeks if your absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks and is solely in connection with arrangements made to treat your disease or disablement.

To be entitled to HB, the rules require you to occupy your home, except during certain temporary absences, this means that you cease to be entitled if you go abroad: s130(1)(a)SSCBA 1992; reg 7 HB Regs; reg 7 HB(SPC)Regs. If you are temporarily absent from your home and are outside Great Britain, your entitlement generally only continues during an absence of up to four weeks, unless you come into a limited number of exceptions.

Gary

Bud

You can go on holiday multiple times but I would separate them by reasonable periods., the next limit is six months and is concerned with tax and residency.

Gordon

ostia

The DWP blow hot and cold on this and require notification when it suits them and not when it doesn't.

I can't say that you do not need to notify them but I would not expect it to be an issue if your holidays are only a couple of weeks and certainly a trip of four days should not.

Gordon