Bank statements

Hi GUNTHER,

They ask normally for 4 months worth of original statements. You can either download them to your computer and upload them when they send you the link, or post them to them from a printed out version, but they have to be the original statements that the bank provide, not a summary. If your money is over a certain amount, and you failed to declare it (unfortunately like I did - I was awarded a PIP lump sum and read that it was £5,000 per year that is disregarded as capital, so because I was awarded £10,000 backdated PIP, I thought I had 2 years, but this wasn't the case) - so the DWP went back 12 months with my statements, and as a result, my universal credit was deducted close to £100 per month. You can also incur a fine for not declaring without good reason, which they tried to give me (£50 fine), but I contested based on my health reasons and understanding things, and end result was that they didn't take the fine money.

Hope this helps.

Regards, Chris.

Hi Rory

I answered your question in your previous post, yes they can is the answer. If you fail to give all your bank details they can stop your claim whilst they investigate you.

When claiming benefits, you need to be open and honest or else you leave yourself open to a full investigation.

Gary

Hi Gary and Rory,

Gary's bang on, and what they done with me is request a years back statements then and went through them with a fine tooth comb.

Chris.

They did also put a hold on my money, and it took 5 weeks - and caused a total nightmare situation for me, as most of my money at the time was locked away in a fixed account that I couldn't touch, and didn't have enough to play with to cover everything.

Chris.