Dwp compliance interview

[Octopus3001]

Hi I got a letter stating I need to have a compliance interview with dwp. I rang the number on the letter to ask what it was about and told it was just to check I'm still eligible for the benefits I receive ect. My boyfriend and I have 2 kids and he pays child maintenance which is a considerable amount. I can understand how this would look questionable and look like rent rather than CM. But he still lives with his parents.

I suffer terribly with anxiety and obviously this has set it off even more so. After a long discussion we have decided it would be best if he moved in, due to my health. This letter come after me being in hospital for two weeks. 8 admissions since January.

If he moves in and i cancel all my benefits, would I still have this interview? Would it look even more suspicious and warrant further investigation?

Thanks so much for your help in advance!

@oviraptor21 yes they would.
They are together.
Someone on another thread who worked for the DWP basically said this.

If he is contributing to the household I.e paying for takeaways, regular shopping, other household items then they would consider him part of the household. He is her boyfriend, father of her children and he is giving her money. They are very much a household unit.

Exactly. How is that child maintenance? He is contributing to the household. They are together. It's not like he has another girlfriend or family.
They are a family unit surely? He is just paying his wages to her as if he was living there.

Whether they are deemed to be a couple will depend on the application of the various criteria in the ADM I linked earlier.
Giving her money and being her boyfriend are not of themselves enough to show they are living together as a couple especially as according to OP he lives with his mum.

I think having children together and not having split up makes them very much a couple.

Hi ladies, I need some advice… I’m a terrible worrier and have huge anxiety over this.. my partners going through some medical worries so I don’t want to burden him with this too… he works full time and earns just under literally just under the cap for child benefit I work 10-12 hours and they can vary and claim carers allowance for my disabled son…my partner and I just moved in today the April before my October baby was born… so was on maternity and didn’t claim anything else…fast forward I’m back at work, and on carers for my son, which has only just been renewed.. out of the blue I get a letter saying I need to attend a compliance interview… I know I sorted all the i‘s and crossed all the t‘s when I moved in with my partner but like I said all my benefits I receive are not means tested anyway… so his wage ect wouldn’t effect them… I’m so scared I’m thinking I’m going to prison or something but I have no idea what I’ve done… please any advice for a hugely panicked fellow mum… x

Can I suggest you start a new thread because this one is very old.

I really wouldn't worry - they will probably just be checking your circumstances. These things are often fairly routine.

I’m sorry I don’t understand what you think you may have done wrong?

You need to start your own thread. This is someone else's thread

They may also ask things like where does he keep his clothes and other personal effects, do you cook meals for each other and eat together as a family, is he on the electoral register at "his" address, which address does his post go to and things like that.