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  1. Sorry, disregard that last part of my post. As far as I can see from the DMG it is only arrears of benefit that are disregarded. So if your savings have gone over £6000 you would need to declare this and deprivation could be an issue if you spend the money with the intention of getting yourself under the limit.

     

    One other thing we need to be clear about: deprivation is not fraud or any other sort of crime. It's just something that affects entitlement.

     

    Oh ok thanks again.

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    Deprivation is a consideration for ESA only, PIP is not affected by capital at all. If the capital is a result of benefit payments being saved, it can be disregarded for 52 weeks.

     

    Thanks for the replies.

    The money is from benefit payments being saved. Does that mean I can save it? Sorry a little confused what you mean.

  3. Phone call will suffice.......but could you not spend and treat yourself.....new furniture or UHD TV ? :-)

     

    Thanks again.

     

    I am concerned that at a later date they might ask why I spent it-dispersal of funds or something. Just don't know what is allowed and whats not.

  4. Hi

    I am on ESA and PIP. My savings have just gone over the £6000 threshold in the last couple of months.

    Is it best to phone DWP or should I write to them please?

    This is causing me great anxiety as I feel like I have done something wrong. I am very thrifty so hardly spend any money preferring to save it as it makes me feel safe to know it is in the bank. I am a very insecure person with lots of struggles with mental health searching for some sort of security.

    Please advise-thank you.

  5. Hi

     

    I am in ESA support group and have just been awarded PIP last week.

     

    I live alone and no one claims carers allowance for me so I believe I am entitled to SDP.

     

    On the Gov website it says you don't need to apply as it will be added automatically.

     

    My question is does this actually happen?

  6. I have been reading this and it reminded me of way back in 2009 when I was placed in a work programme.

     

    I had been unemployed about a year and up until then I had been working in the same job for 15 years but left due to ill health,

    applied for ESA which was refused and naively did as I was told.

    i was in survival mode and if they said jump I jumped much to the detriment of my own health.

     

    I had to be at this place for 30 hours a week, sign in and out for 3 months.

    It was horrendous, or at the very least ridiculous.

     

    We had to job search for 6 hours a day but because of the volume of people you would wait hours just to get on a computer so would sit there doing nothing.

     

    I had a computer at home that I could of been using but was not allowed to leave even though I was just sitting there.

    We were lucky if we got access to a PC for an hour in our 6 hour day.

    I actually felt like a prisoner.

    To this day I still can't believe that we all, like sheep went along with this nonsense.

     

    From what I have read here it does seem to of improved slightly but still seems to be paying people to find unemployable people a job which they are unable to do and sanctioning them if they don't conform.

  7. Thanks HB.

    I took loads of letters but the person that came with me decided we should get copies of them ourselves on the way to the assessment and thats where things went wrong. I had them all in order and knew what was where having spent ages doing it for days before but I got so confused after that and couldn't cope so now I think some letters weren't handed in.

    My friend was trying to help but I don't think even she realised how much time I had spent organising the letters and making sure they were all there.

  8. Thanks for the replies.

     

    My appointment was originally scheduled for the 2nd Jan then it got postponed till the 19th which made my anxiety so much worse as the whole thing is really making me ill, so I phoned and got an earlier appointment.

     

    Anyway I have been and now feel there are so many important points I left out as I was in such a state of anxiety.

  9. Please can someone help me I have mental health issues and am in a state of very high anxiety and have been for weeks.

     

    I am worried I won't be able to explain myself well or possibly miss things out due my panic.

    Am I allowed to take notes in with me?

     

    Also do they photocopy all my medical letters?

    I am really panicking.

    Please can someone help me?

  10. I hope someone might be able to help me.

     

    I have borderline personality disorder diagnosed 3 years ago after a crisis which led me to being put on ESA without the need for a face to face interview.

     

    I am now due a reassessment on 2nd Jan which I have to attend

    the stress of worrying about it has triggered a deterioration in my mental health

    I now feel I am on the verge of a crisis.

     

    I live on my own and have no real support.

    Is it worth me phoning Maximus, will they listen?

    If not can someone advise me please.

     

    I have a letter from my Psychologist (who has now left the NHS so I can no longer see her) and my GP is in the process of writing one.

     

    I think I messed up my reassessment form as I filled it in on my own whilst in a panic just to get it done and gone as I couldn't deal with thinking about it.

     

    I feel fragile vulnerable and sort of out of control.

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