Thanks mate I appreciate the help! I really do! I guess I'm just worrying that they'll claim I never told them and I have no proof as indont photocopy things (I will be from now on) have no problem repaying it though!

Hi me again! Can you tel I'm a worrier? Lol. Being the worst worrier and I do suffer from abit anxiety I always expect the worst! So I'm continuing that route, can anyone tell me if this is still true as I've pulled it from a post back in 2010! Last thing I want is court/criminal record for what looks like a mistake on both sides! The following I'm referring to.... overpaymenticon more than £2000 – Repayment & attempted prosecution. overpaymenticon less than £2000 but offence not admitted – Repayment, Administrative Penalty (30% fine) & Departmental caution. Overpayment less than £2000 but offence admitted – Repayment & Departmental caution. The departmental caution is kept on file for 5 years. It is NOT a criminal record & does not show up on any checks.

Thanks for the reply! My work was always under 16! It would be between 9 and 15 a week! As I said I handed in the forms but it seems me anyway they disappeared and I was continuesly paid full amount! I also had 4 different advisors from the 4 months I was on JSA. The first form I handed in to had left and I assumed because he said it would take a while I was signing on thinking they'd take it off next payments. Then I went down this week to be told I've not told them? I'm off JSA now so when I get the overpayment letter which I'm assuming comes after the one I got about a change in circumstances stating new award amounts, that I'll phone the number up and sort out a payment plan? Only thing worrying me is if they say they have no record of me telling them well it's there word against mine, and stupidly I'm one of these people who don't make copies of important documents which now I'm hoping won't come back to bite me. As I said I knew I'd have a slight overpayment but didnt expect what I'm expecting to pay but as I said I just want to get it over with, stress is bad at the mo, dealing with a recent murder in the family. Head is all over the place. Just want to get this letter, phone, make a plan, and pay! Also my latest advisor did say I'm in no trouble they just wanted another wrk and declaration form. But due to there first muck up there's going to be an overpayment eventually and more than it should have been!

Can someone please put my mind at rest if that's possible. Is it straight forward paying an overpayment to DWP like everyone says? At 5 pounds a week I'll have it gone by 3 years. I'll obviously pay more when I could. Or am I going to be made a criminal? I have no idea how anything works with benifits I'm just glad I'm off them now!

Just to confirm I won't be appealing as I feel I could have chased the matter more but as I said I sis hand in what they asked for the first and second time round! Id just rather pay it off and get it over with! So hoping when the letter comes I can sort out an affordable payment plan? Heard the pay in slips weekly to your bank is a way? Even digital banking now?

Hi guys new here but been on this forum many times for advice. The forum and the people here are a massive help to others, all awesome guys. Anyway I'll make this quick as I can. I got zero houred from my job in July/Aug. I told my advisor I was going to be doing some shifts again at some point and i don't know how much, but it's under 16. So he gave me a work and declaration form, I filled it out and handed it in asap to the job centre. He told me it may take a few weeks for the changes to come into place so no worries I thought. Past a few weeks and I'm still receiving full amount so Next time I'm in I have a totally different advisor l. She said my last one had left so I now have her, no worries again I thought. Until she logs in to my file then tells me I need to show what I've worked since September 16! I told her I had stated all that I was told too! She said I was in no trouble is just have to fill out another one of they forms and hand it in asap! Once again done but this time or signed off as I've got more than 16 hours now. 25. So I knew anyway is get a letter eventually with abit of an overpayment. I've still had no letter as I've signed off on Tuesday. When I got home I had a letter from them with dates September to now saying these are my new amounts! Why have they sent it now but continued to pay me full amounts after ive handed in forms? So now I'm thinking my overpayment will go from when I signed to when I signed off. I feel I could appeal this but I feel ill be blamed as much as I blame them so I'll pay but as I said I've had no letter yet I'm just waiting on it after this one had come. That's the story but the questions is what I'm after! I know the overpayment is not going to be more than 1.5k could be as low as 800. Still ridiculous never wanted to be in debt in anyway possible in my life but looks like i will be. So question! When the form does come I know it says your due this amount you must pay back in 30 days or over 12 months. That can never happen. So when I receive the letter, can I just ring up and explain I wan to sort a payment plan out for each week to pay it back at an amount that suits me? As I said I've been in no trouble before no debts nothing! There's a guy at my work that pays 5 pound a week to DWP for a 7 grand overpayment. He's going be paying that till he's 70 odds so surely I can pay 5-10 a week to get 800-1.5k overpayment gone in 3-4 years? Thanks for the help guys if I've missed anything you need to know just let me know. Hopefully someone can confirm what I think I know will happen, and maybe that will stop this heart constantly pounding and try eat something for the first time in days!