Social welfare want spouses and childrens pps??/

Karen91

My friend lost her job and she told me she has applied for jobseekers allowance. They asked for her spouses pps and her childrens pps?

Why do they need this information?

Its her first time dealing with social welfare and I have never had dealings with them.

Karen91

Karen91 wrote: »

My friend lost her job and she told me she has applied for jobseekers allowance. They asked for her spouses pps and her childrens pps?

Why do they need this information?

Its her first time dealing with social welfare and I have never had dealings with them.

It will help them give her the correct payment. If she is claiming for them, they will want to make sure they are not included in someone elses claim, eg her partner getting a payment in his own right or children being paid for on fathers claim.

Karen91

Deleted User wrote: »

It will help them give her the correct payment. If she is claiming for them, they will want to make sure they are not included in someone elses claim, eg her partner getting a payment in his own right or children being paid for on fathers claim.

Ok thank you. Her partner is very private, and there is a person they know working at thelocal social welfare office.

Can they access personal information like what he earned when he was employed for example?

Just out of curiosity

PLL

Karen91 wrote: »

Ok thank you. Her partner is very private, and there is a person they know working at thelocal social welfare office.

Can they access personal information like what he earned when he was employed for example?

Just out of curiosity

That is the exact reason they want her partner's PPS number. Are they cohabiting? Her payment will be means tested if this is the case as they assume the partner will support her.

Karen91

PLL wrote: »

That is the exact reason they want her partner's PPS number. Are they cohabiting? Her payment will be means tested if this is the case as they assume the partner will support her.

He is no longer working, he has not been unemployed long enough to qualify for jobseekers apparently. Yes they live together but he is not earning at present.

They are just curious what they can access through his pps when he is no the direct claimant

mp22

Karen91 wrote: »

He is no longer working, he has not been unemployed long enough to qualify for jobseekers apparently. Yes they live together but he is not earning at present.

They are just curious what they can access through his pps when he is no the direct claimant

You are able to claim JS on the first day you are unemployed.The data protection act protects private info from prying eyes.However if the partener is unemployed and has not claimed that may well raise some concerns in the local office to be honest.

Karen91

mp22 wrote: »

You are able to claim JS on the first day you are unemployed.The data protection act protects private info from prying eyes.However if the partener is unemployed and has not claimed that may well raise some concerns in the local office to be honest.

He was told he had to be unemployed 3 months or more before he was entitled to jobseekers allowance. He is not unemployed that long which is why he did not put in a claim

triple nipple

maybe because he quit his job

Karen91

Karen91 wrote: »

He was told he had to be unemployed 3 months or more before he was entitled to jobseekers allowance. He is not unemployed that long which is why he did not put in a claim

Who told him that? How long was he working? As MP22 said, if he hadn't signed on from the first day on being unemployed, whether he was entitled to any money or not, the DSP might want to know why. There may be reasons of redundancy, or him leaving a job himself, but he should have been signing all along.

beyondbelief67

Karen91 wrote: »

He was told he had to be unemployed 3 months or more before he was entitled to jobseekers allowance. He is not unemployed that long which is why he did not put in a claim

As far as I know the only reason someone doesn't get jobseekers for 3 months is if they finish their job for no reason or get the sack for something they have done ie basically self dismissal as the dole look at it as not trying to keep yourself in a job so refuse payment.

Karen91

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Who told him that? How long was he working? As MP22 said, if he hadn't signed on from the first day on being unemployed, whether he was entitled to any money or not, the DSP might want to know why. There may be reasons of redundancy, or him leaving a job himself, but he should have been signing all along.

A woman working at the social welfare office told him. He was working for a small business which closed down. He was working for them a year and a bit as far as I know.

Karen91

Karen91 wrote: »

A woman working at the social welfare office told him. He was working for a small business which closed down. He was working for them a year and a bit as far as I know.

Assuming she gave him this information when he went in to start his claim, Either she gave him wrong info, or he misunderstood. He needs to go back again and get it sorted.

MouseTail

Perhaps he did not have sufficient stamps for JSB, and his partner was working and earning above the threshold? I don't understand the 3 month wait though. Perhaps he refused to give them PPSNs, without them a claim cannot be processed.