sdys15453 there is housing benefit caselaw that allows a Local Authority to treat uni students as occupiers for HB size criteria on their parents' HB award so as long as kids come back home in their holidays, you may be able to avoid the bedroom cap, assuming your house is 2 or 3 bedroom http://www.administrativeappeals.tribunals.gov.uk/aspx/view.aspx?id=2953 children who spend a lot of time in hospital are also still treated as members of household, so should not be affected, as long as child is not permanently in hospital

Hi Sherbert, The Statute Barred Template is here... http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/content.php?408-Letter-sent-when-debt-is-statute-barred I always start my statute Barred letters by saying the following... Please note that I do not acknowledge any debt to you or any Company that you claim to represent. Stigman

Hi Robbie I would like to wish you luck and hope everything goes well for you,i have a 11 year old son with Autism and only the other day i was discussing with the school how i worry he could end up in a position like this due to his limited knowledge of social boundaries......please dont be offended or patronised by my comments i am not suggesting you dont know right from wrong or that any and all wrong doing you may have done has a excuse i can just understand why you have found yourself here......i sincerley hope everything works out with your job and your wife and wish you all the best for the future Meg & Mog

Hi To start with we do know that Barclays hold data beyond six years ago but they try and wriggle out of providing it under a SAR request. If they actually don't have the data then it would not be unreasonable fro fos to instruct them to make the best estimate of what would have been the case by extrapolating back from known information. I would wait for the offer letter from Barclaycard and if you wish you can require them to provide a detailed breakdown of how they arrived at their figure. From then on you will have to make a decision as to whether you accept or challenge it.

I'd leave the appeal standing. I do hope you get a new office!

You have posted a query on the PRIVATE PARKING part of the forum when it would seem that your query would be for LOCAL AUTHORITY issued tickets. The good news is that you can make an "informal representation" to the local authority and explain the matter of the missing keys. If rejected, wait to receive the Notice to Owner and make Formal Representation.

If theft/loss was reported to police and you got a reference number, then I suspect good chance of winning an appeal. You sure you have a Crime Reference Number, and not a Lost Property Reference Number? Might be significant.

There are various ways to get around the signature thing. It's more likely to be a delaying/obstructing tactic than an attempt to get a useable signature, but I wouldn't trust Capquest anyway.- sign over a row of large 'X's printed in bold - sign over the date printed in bold

That's brilliant news. And thank you for letting us know how you got on.

Hello there. Have you had a look at the entitledto website? They have a good benefits calculator that you can use anonymously. http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx My best, HB

I would be tempted to go down the IS route.