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	Can a client make a new application for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit? Hi Sorry if this is an obvious question (I have a very limited knowledge of this area). I have a client who lost his Industrial Injuries Disablem	iut044	23-Jul-09 11:39 AM by Paradoxides	3	486
	CA and work within last six months Hello all I have a client who is trying to claim Carer's Allowance, but has been told by CA that they need to contact her previous employer to ge	mpmap	23-Jul-09 09:26 AM by Paradoxides	3	437
	Burial of Client - benefits assistance Hi All, A difficult one here. I had a Bosnian client was in a concentration camp in Bosnia in the 90's got refugee status here and later became	Plato	16-Jul-09 06:00 PM by ariadne2	1	518
	Funeral payments I have a client who was in receipt of GPC with her husband. He passed away recently and she is waiting for the reassessment of her SP. Meanwhile s	Jro1	15-Jul-09 05:26 PM by ASH	2	516
	Receivers under Law of Property Act 1925-Beneficial interest. My Service User is the legal owner of a property (shops below and flat above, he lives in the flat and rented out shops). He took out a commercial lo	FerhanaBhogadia	13-Jul-09 03:20 PM by FerhanaBhogadia	5	1071
	Carers Allowance - Earnings over £95 I appled for carers allowance and reduced my hours so that I earned under £95 per week (or £411.67 per month as I am paid monthly). This was in Februa	Tim Saint	09-Jul-09 08:02 PM	0	521
	Back-dated DLA / IS monies is the only capital re SFFP Hi. Client had just received back-dated payment of DLA/IS. This would in normal practice have been ignored for 52 weeks after they were paid. Unfort	Quinn	30-Jun-09 12:11 PM	0	492
	Funeral Expenses Payment Does anybody have any suggestions about this really unfair scenario?! I've been helping a client with a protracted HB contrived tenancy appeal whic	Ste_Higham	27-Jun-09 07:34 AM by clairehodgson	7	892
	Crisis Loans Hi, I have been having difficulties in claiming a crisis loan for clients as the phone line is getting extremely difficult to get through on. I	Plato	23-Jun-09 01:07 PM by Plato	3	894
	Child Benefit My client made a claim for CHB earlier this year, because his son came to live with him on a 5 day basis, weekends with his mother. Although he never	Stephencamp23	18-Jun-09 10:14 AM	0	500
	IIDB further mishaps I have a client assessed as 10% disabled due to a physical injury and has appealed. He later had a trip which his GP has referenced in his supporting	suewelsh	15-Jun-09 07:48 AM	0	445
	SMP14 Hi, Trying to get hold of an SMP14 in a hurry - no-one is answering at the Revenue - does anyone know if they are downloadable? Sue	suewelsh	15-Jun-09 07:41 AM by suewelsh	2	537
	Child Benefit Helpline scammers. On the back of previous concerns about the premium rate Benefits Helpline, I have just received this from our Manchester office, originally from Herts	Paul Treloar_GB	11-Jun-09 10:51 AM by trishc	1	600
	Social Fund Just clicked into the news section and started to read the governments response to the social fund. Did'nt get past the first page because I could'nt	Semitone	27-May-09 01:10 PM by andyp4	18	1669
	Local Councillor's and Carer's Allowance Anyone know how Local Councillors Allowance is treated for Carer's Allowance? If Councillor gets £15k allowances are they treated as gainfully employ	woodcockj	19-May-09 01:11 PM by andyp4	1	511
	Maternity and other benefits Lithuania national, working 16hrs per week, pregnant (25 weeks), 3 children, no partner. I only spoke with her over the telephone so I still do not	cathmac	18-May-09 05:42 PM by CraigM	1	438
	Inappropriate applications for crisis loans and MP's expenses (Edited to shorten links) Kitty Ussher MP, junior Minister at DWP, recently announced tightening of Crisis Loans in order to reduce "inappropriate	Neil Bateman	12-May-09 04:00 PM by nevip	3	945
	Cold Weather payments The regs were amended to increase these from £8.50 p.w. to £25 p.w. last year but only up to 01/04/09. Presumably these have reverted to the old rate	GAD	05-May-09 04:51 PM	0	482
	re: funeral payment hi need some assistance. i have a client who has a tribunal hearing next week regarding a funeral payment. Basically she is the wife and she made a	salma	30-Apr-09 12:49 PM by salma	1	616
	REA establishing entitlement I am currently dealing with a client who previously had REA until 1998. He has had a break in entitlement since then and has now re-applied, requestin	j_fournier	23-Apr-09 07:48 AM by suewelsh	1	850
	in-work credit overpayment I have a client who asked, when she started maternity leave, whether her in-work credit would stop. Of course there are no regulations, but we advised	rachelh	20-Apr-09 08:52 AM by rachelh	3	600
	Carers Allowance Overpayment/another bite at the cherry Have seen earlier threads on this point and will look up but I would appreciate some pointers from anyone who has argued at appeal and won recently.	Semitone	17-Apr-09 01:00 PM by Semitone	2	719
	Is someone who receives Income Support to pay their mortgage but not any cash to live on entitled au... Hi I have a client who is receiving Income Support to pay part of their mortgage but none of this benefit to live on. This is because they are in	iut044	17-Apr-09 12:59 PM by nevip	1	491
	Funeral Grants Any body Know were I can obtain some statistics , showing what the average payment are for the majority of claims. Suggestions or solid information mu	northwiltshire	08-Apr-09 01:41 PM by northwiltshire	2	539
	EMA and evidence of tax credits Hello I have a client who has an ongoing tax credit problem the upshot of which is that she is being paid manually and all of her award letters are	Ali Lord	29-Mar-09 03:27 PM by JohnA	8	1075
	CHILD BENEFIT. If a child goes to live with the other parent , who then does not claim CHB , and the first parent tells the CHB centre of the move , is CHB not paid	wba	24-Mar-09 09:06 AM by wba	2	702
	18 year old in Relevant Education Client has an 18 year old who is in and has been in relevant education continuously without a break. Child Benefit ceased at 16; I don't know why, cli	johnwilson	18-Mar-09 07:57 AM by johnwilson	2	642
	SMP and MA entitlement after end of contract for EU lone parent Client is employed pregnant EU lone parent. Baby due in August and cl meets all requirements for SMP which I am presuming she is entitled to since sh	jacky	11-Mar-09 02:34 PM by jacky	2	588
	Child Benefit appeal re competing claims I have an appeal hearing in a few weeks time and would appreciate your views. Child was living with mum, went to live with gran but mum did not rel	BrianSmith	09-Mar-09 03:17 PM by Euan_Henderson	6	1503
	Invalidity addition with state pension / ESA Hello, I'm currently updating a leaflet about state pension and have a question relating to Employment and Support Allowance. We currently say t	SaraV	05-Mar-09 08:48 AM by Paul_Treloar_	1	466

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