Hi all, I'm thankfully no longer claiming JSA and in wholesome employment, having signed off and started work on the 5th March last week. This could have not have come at a better time, as my JSA payments for basically most of 2012 have been suspended due to a balls up ( a missing B16 form) regarding some one-off freelance work I declared to the Jobcentre. As it worked out, I sent the missing form the week before I signed off. Last Friday received a letter issued on the 5th March saying that a final payment of £549 would be paid in through my bank account. Oh good, I thought my arrears have finally been approved for payment. As of writing, this money has yet to materialise. Does anyone know the processes behind payment of suspended arrears, or when and how fast my arrears might be processed and paid in? Would it be related to my JSA payday, as I claimed up to the monday that I started work (a whole extra £15!) I've put up with a lot of rubbish from Jobcentre, but this probably takes the biscuit (my arrears still come up on my P45!)

Just a quick update: I've started working now, and when I closed my JSA claim for the 5th March, I was issued a letter that day and received on the 9th saying that I can no longer claim due to working over 16 hours a week etc. and that the amount of arrears owed to me since this whole B16 business would be paid into my bank account. I had sent off the B16 form a week before that. But there's no sign of this money being paid into my account yet. Is there a certain amount of time it takes to process and pay my arrears, or do I have to go through the tiresome process of chasing these people around for my money?

well, it was written the day before I signed off (March 2nd), and recieved the day after my claim ended.

Here's my letter, just so anyone can explain: Again, this is all rather pointless, as I am no longer claiming JSA, but I'd rather not have the DWP/ jobcentre chase me around if they need something from me. I'm assuming that this is just a compliance check.

I know, I know, I just don't want Jobcentre or the DWP chasing me around if they do need something or information from me. the letter was also strangely phrased, as in I didn't know whether they would tell me why they would summon me to the jobcentre at 9.00 in the morning.

I've been "invited to an interview at the Jobcentre to discuss my award for JSA" *AFTER* signing off on friday and moving to Oxford starting full time work, which probably means that the letter was sent off *on the same day* I signed off. My mum sent me a scanned copy of the letter, but I got it too late to phone the lady today to tell her this; the answering message said that she was the customer compliance officer of the local Jobcentre that I had been attending. Although I can't ask for clairvoyance in my claim details, does anyone know what this is about? Obviously, it's kind of hard to go when a) you are no longer claiming and B) you are working full-time. Nobody has said anything about querying or doubting my claim as far as I am aware, and nothing has been asked to be brought apart from ID.

Thanks for the clarification!

Yes, that's the one. If only I was clever enough just not to be bothered with gaps in my CV and keep on claiming JSA, it would have made my life so much easier...

Hello everyone, I am currently claiming JSA, although that is due to end a week monday, thank god. I did a one-off freelance job doing copywriting from home for one day, which I declared the £100 I earned to the Jobcentre. I thought that was the end of it, but apparently nobody explained to me that I needed to fill a B16 form until about six weeks after the fact; they also suspended my claim without notification until I send in the form. As a result, I have not been paid JSA for the entirety of 2012 so far! The problem is that 90% of this form seems irrelevant to my case, from declaring business assets and accounts to talking about breaks in employment to submitting profit/loss balance sheets, when all I did was do a day's work; this is not an ongoing source of income nor am I running business. In fact, I can declare this income to HMRC without registering as self-employed, as the tax return allows me to claim one-off freelance income as "other income" for the purposes of taxation While luckily, I will be signing off next week to start work, I'd rather not have the DWP chasing me for overpayment, should they claim that I failed to disclose, despite the fact that I told them about the income (I'd also like my arrears!). Does anyone have any advice for filling for this form out from the perspective of a one-off freelance job, and what evidence I should submit? (I can't link the form)