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Jul 24th, 2008, 12:40 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  |  Warning for anyone going to claim Maternity Allowance
Ok so this one is for anyone who has put in a claim for Maternity Allowance (and not heard back yet) or about to put in a claim. I took my form to the local jobcentre this morning and the woman checked through the documents and such like and advised me that local jobcentres don't deal with these claims anymore, a centre in Yeovil (spelling?) does them all now and she would post it on for me. I'd read a thread on here saying that there was a 2 month back log so i knew what she was about to say, well i thought i did! She informed me that because of the centralisation of these forms (i.e they all now go to one place) theres a back log. Anyone who hands in there maternity allowance form in the month of July is estimated to receive their first payment in ....November!! I couldn't beleive it, my baby is gonna be 2 months old by that point!
So i suggest that anyone who has yet to send their form off (but you must be further gone than 26 weeks) then i'd be thinking about getting it sorted. For those that aren't that far yet or still working it be perhaps wise to rethink your budgets. I thought i should mention this anyway so then you can decide what is neccesary for you. Hopefully they'll draft some agency peeps in or soemthing to sort the back log and there won't be any need for all this worry but its better to be safe than sorry (IMO)  |
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Jul 24th, 2008, 14:02 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | wow... I cant believe that is actually allowed! I feel sorry for you guys over there  |
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Jul 24th, 2008, 15:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ryder  wow... I cant believe that is actually allowed! I feel sorry for you guys over there | 'allowed' thats debatable lol |
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Jul 25th, 2008, 16:48 PM
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| is this for all areas??
as i was asked to send mine to norwich 
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Jul 25th, 2008, 18:17 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | oo i dunno she just said they all get sent to yeovil (Somerset) now. But given that i'm up north it wouldn't even make sense that they have a north/south division. |
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Jul 28th, 2008, 17:42 PM
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Jul 29th, 2008, 09:31 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | They can't leave you with no money!
Ring the main offices for advice. |
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Jul 29th, 2008, 14:24 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | they'll review your income and either give u a crisis loan or income support up until your maternity allowance is sorted. then they debit the money they paid you from your maternity allowance. Or that seems to be the general info at the moment! But you can't do anything until they send you the first letter. |
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