I've been self employed since July so it's not something I could really keep from the JC. Ah damn, I'm just too polite... Ingeus sent me a letter regarding a next appointment, so I emailed them to say I had signed off and wanted to cancel the appointment. She emailed me back: "Thanks for the email, the work programme runs for 2 years and you are still registered to us for that period. If you start work or are working self employed and not signing on benefits can you please let me know and that means I can update our system .Please keep me updated with your circumstances and let me know if you are working." It makes sense why she was insisting this much on the work part. Is there anything I can from do from now on?

Hello everyone, I myself have a question regarding Ingeus... I was referred to the Work Programme a month ago. I've been self employed for the past 6 months and kept signing on at the Job Centre as advised by my advisor. I was getting maybe £10 a week, but more often than never nothing, as my income was regularly more than 400 a month. Anyway, I had been thinking about signing off for months and I did it right after my first appointment with Ingeus. I was a bit scared off by the slavery stories and had no intention of wasting my time looking for work in their office when I could do this from home with my database of CVs and such. Maybe I'm wrong and they would have been helpful but I had to go abroad on a family emergency anyway so I had to sign off. Now the thing is, they have done nothing for me. I saw an adviser for about 15mn and nothing came out of it. I don't see why they should be paid for that. Now the adviser told me someone would call me to check if I was working, and would do so about every two weeks. I told her that yes, I was working but that it was the same as before. I understand it does not make any difference to them. Former jobseeker working = job done = money, even though it's not thanks to them. So is there anything I can I do to prevent them from being paid? Shall I contact the DWP or Job Centre? Thanks a lot!