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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #91323 by BrianSkye
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I've just received a letter from Jobcentre Plus asking me to confirm by signature that I started claiming Incapacity Benefit on a date in 2004 as they have lost the original claim forms in long term storage. As it happens I still have the original award letter!

Thing is, they start by saying 'Your case was recently selected by our Accuracy Team for a random check'. Should I be worried about this?

Actually I'm already worried :(

Brian
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12 years 9 months ago #91331 by Gordon
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BrianSkye wrote:

I've just received a letter from Jobcentre Plus asking me to confirm by signature that I started claiming Incapacity Benefit on a date in 2004 as they have lost the original claim forms in long term storage. As it happens I still have the original award letter!

Thing is, they start by saying 'Your case was recently selected by our Accuracy Team for a random check'. Should I be worried about this?

Actually I'm already worried :(

Brian

All of the major benefits have DWP teams who are responsible for randomly checking a number of claims every year, for example, for DLA it is done under the banner of the Right Payment Programme, see the following FAQ. For other benefits such as ESA, the team are a lot less obvious due to the frequent re-assessments for the benefit, for IB the team are probably more active due to PCA exempt claimants.

The Right Payment Programme

Gordon

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12 years 9 months ago #91338 by bro58
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Hi BS,

If you are going to send any documentation to the DWP, send copies only, or at least keep copies, if they require the original.

See : Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

bro58

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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #91339 by BrianSkye
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I'm going to speak to the person involved tomorrow so maybe I'll find out how far this is going then. Thanks.

Brian
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