Must one report leaving the country?

Hello to Everyone and Happy New Year as well as a big thank you for all the
help I have received here.

My mother has Alzheimer's and has had surgery last week which was not successful
and surgery tomorrow to hopefully repair her lumbar spine which is soft and "crumbling" which is making the fusion they hoped to perform difficult if not impossible.

My mother is in San Francisco. I DO NOT WANT TO FLY as this will be an exercise in torture for me. I flew to be with her 4 years ago and that was a horrible journey.

As I now am in receipt of DLA, Housing Benefit and ESA (currently appealing - from
Oct.2011) -

1. I wonder do I have to report my leaving for 6 days??
2. Where do I report this to?

I am torn up over her condition and do feel my family is not telling me how bad she
is for obvious reasons, that's why I feel I must go.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Kindest regards,
cmarie

cmarie510 wrote:

Hello to Everyone and Happy New Year as well as a big thank you for all the
help I have received here.

My mother has Alzheimer's and has had surgery last week which was not successful
and surgery tomorrow to hopefully repair her lumbar spine which is soft and "crumbling" which is making the fusion they hoped to perform difficult if not impossible.

My mother is in San Francisco. I DO NOT WANT TO FLY as this will be an exercise in torture for me. I flew to be with her 4 years ago and that was a horrible journey.

As I now am in receipt of DLA, Housing Benefit and ESA (currently appealing - from
Oct.2011) -

1. I wonder do I have to report my leaving for 6 days??
2. Where do I report this to?

I am torn up over her condition and do feel my family is not telling me how bad she
is for obvious reasons, that's why I feel I must go.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Kindest regards,
cmarie

Hi cmarie

A Happy New Year to you as well. You may find the link below of help -

www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/Trav...ningATrip/DG_4017244

Kind regards

Michael

michaelg wrote:

cmarie510 wrote:

Hello to Everyone and Happy New Year as well as a big thank you for all the
help I have received here.

My mother has Alzheimer's and has had surgery last week which was not successful
and surgery tomorrow to hopefully repair her lumbar spine which is soft and "crumbling" which is making the fusion they hoped to perform difficult if not impossible.

My mother is in San Francisco. I DO NOT WANT TO FLY as this will be an exercise in torture for me. I flew to be with her 4 years ago and that was a horrible journey.

As I now am in receipt of DLA, Housing Benefit and ESA (currently appealing - from
Oct.2011) -

1. I wonder do I have to report my leaving for 6 days??
2. Where do I report this to?

I am torn up over her condition and do feel my family is not telling me how bad she
is for obvious reasons, that's why I feel I must go.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Kindest regards,
cmarie

Hi cmarie

A Happy New Year to you as well. You may find the link below of help -

www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/Trav...ningATrip/DG_4017244

Kind regards

Michael

Michael,

Thank you for that link. It addresses those in receipt of DLA and IB. Unfortunately it does not mention ESA.

I do think I should call the DWP, I'm just afraid a call will not be documented in any way. If I am advised correctly, good for me; if I am advised incorrectly bad for me.

I did read all the literature regarding ESA that was sent to me with the award letter. There is NO mention of short/family related travel. Or travel at all.

Any last thoughts. If you do not come back to me, I will assume that you have given me all the advice you are aware of.

Many thanks
cmarie

Hi cmarie

For ESA (and JSA) you are required to inform the DWP about going away even if you spend just one night away from home!

Regards

Derek

Sorry, i may sound a bit silly here, does one have to inform DWP even if they have spent night at relatives place???

The reason i ask, is that sometimes my friend stays with her mother when her family cannot cope with her fabro, and they all, including my friend needs a break!!!!

Her mother lives nearby.

She is in the S/G.

Mant Thanks.

Radhika.

radhika wrote:

Sorry, i may sound a bit silly here, does one have to inform DWP even if they have spent night at relatives place???

The reason i ask, is that sometimes my friend stays with her mother when her family cannot cope with her fabro, and they all, including my friend needs a break!!!!

Her mother lives nearby.

She is in the S/G.

Mant Thanks.

Radhika.

Hi R,

I can only advise you as it is written, see this extract from page 16 of the ESA40 form :

Other changes
Any changes to do with you or your partner
You must also tell us if you or your partner
l start any kind of work or training or course
l start claiming another benefit
l get a pension or your pension changes
l change the amount of your savings
l start living with someone
l have someone come to live in your house, or
someone who was living in your house leaves
l get married or form a civil partnership
l get divorced, break up a civil partnership, or
separate
l are involved in a trade dispute, or cannot work
because of a trade dispute
l lose a job
l move house
l go into or leave hospital
l go into or leave prison or legal custody
l go away from home, even if it is for a day
l join or leave the household
l die
l go abroad or plan to go abroad.

4th from the bottom.

ESA40 Form here (see page 16 for the above copied extract):

www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/...lasset/dg_172082.pdf

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