14/06/20 to 20/06/20

My first self-employed review form came back this week. I followed the procedure devised by our senior officers: input 1p per week self-employed income from the date the claimant stated they had ceased to trade, input their SEISS grant as income for a 13 week period (i.e total grant divided by 13 for each week). I will write to the claimant again in August when the second SEISS grant is due to be paid.

Other work this week included wage reviews via VEP tasks (HMRC info). One claimant had recently been in touch to say her wages had reduced but the VEP info showed that they had actually increased. The next VEP task was for a claim where the claimant had also disputed the wage info we had recently received from HMRC. Both these claimants have been advised by Customer Services to provide their actual payslips.

The only case out of the ordinary has been a claim from a person described as 'stateless' by the DWP. I have asked to see their Residence Permit and/or any Home Office letters that they have.

Comments

  1. Sandeep28 June 2020 at 08:44

    If the above SE person is on UC, then the grant should be included in full within that month of UC. Is this what you are doing?

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  2. Paul Burns Kirklees Council2 July 2020 at 07:04

    Yes, for claimants on UC the SEISS grants are included as income for the month in which the payment was received. We have no control or discretion regarding this.

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