Benefits review

TwitchAndMore
TwitchAndMore Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
in Benefits and income

I'm currently receiving PIP, UC and Limited capacity for work. I've been told that I need to submit documents for a benefits review.

I've not had one before and am worried why I'm going to have one. Is this standard or should I be worried?

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,826 Championing

    This is for UC i presume? Nothing to worry about.

    UC are doing millions of these checks, I went through one last year and lots of others on the forum have been through one.

    After you submit the information they are looking for, you will have a telephone interview.

    You'll be asked a series of scripted questions about other potential sources of money.

    Then questions about some of your banking transactions, which might not appear to make any sense.

    I myself (as capital was over £6k on paper) was then asked to submit individual bank statement pages showing my Cost of Living payments.

    Then I had a journal message saying my review was complete and my payments were correct.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 5,822 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @TwitchAndMore, these are quite common at the moment and usually nothing to worry about. As Kimmy mentioned, lots of our members are being reviewed recently, and most of them have said it wasn't too stressful.

    If you follow their instructions and provide the documents on time, it should all be quite straight forward 😊

    Hope your review goes okay!

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