hb worries!maybe?

[dandare208]

hi all i'm new here, just looking for some advice if poss.

i'll try to keep it clear and brief.

so, i've been s/e since dec05 wasn't making much to begin with so applied and received hb. this continued until july07 when i got a 6 month contract for f/t work. so i signed myself off of hb. i then reapplied aug08 as when i retuned to s/e in jan 08 things didn't go too well. about 3 weeks after the claim in aug08 i supplied them with my isa details as i'd forgotten to at the time, it was with icesave and a bit up in the air but didn't want to appear to be withholding info. so i was paid 1 month hb. when i queried why only 1 month as before it was for 3 months then i'd supply my 3 month acc. to be re assessed.they asked for further acc. to be supplied which i did which was supposed to reassess my claim from the time it stopped in sept 08. i was in the office last week with more info for them and the lady starting to make a deal about my savings. it felt like i was being accussed of fraud i guess. that i'd never informed them about it. but when i look back at my records i have a letter from them dec05 asking me to provide evidence of my isa. to me that sounds like i told/showed them my isa way back or they wouldn't have processed the claim.

anyhoos i have been on a work trail which has been successful and have been offered a 12month grant. so i've written/phoned them to say i don't want the re assessment from sept08 and to cease my claim.

i'm just really worried that they may claim i never disclosed my savings and say i tried to defraud them for dec05 till july07.

a point on the isa currently 10000, dec05 5500, dec05 i put 3500 from my business acc. into savings to earn interest that then went into isa. all the transactions are on the bank stats that i would have supplied.

i supplied them with all bank acc. isa details. my rough income/outgoings but feel that i might still get hammered.

any advice gratefully welcomed.

dan

[version302003]

If you have records that prove they were given the information they required/requested then hold on to it and if there are any questions raised in the future(there may not) then you can produce them.

[dandare208]

thanks for the speedy reply. i'll be holding on to everything. is there a set time that i should keep all the paperwork for now that i've signed off? how long can they leave it before coming back to me.

ta

dan

[version302003]

I dont know of any set time to be honest (doesnt mean there is not one) so best to keep it all safe for ever:)