Hi,
I have just received a letter from Agilisys Revenue asking me to contact them to update my address details confirming that I stayed at a bed and breakfast.
i went into B&B with my 3 children in 2001, i was on full HB as i was single parent of 3 school children.
I assumed that I didnt owe anything when i was moved to temporary accomodation 2 years later..
.I did have contact from the temp housing services a couple of times over the next few years saying that I owed over £1000 ,
(dont remember exact amount but i questioned it as i was on full HB and was told it was the £30 per week that i received food brought by the letting agent.
I then told them i refused the food after 2 weeks as it was of the lowest standard possible .
. from a shop called Kwik Save and their basic range of cereal, bread, sugar, tea bags, and milk which when i went in store at the time and added it up came to about £3.50 ,i refused it and bought my own food.
I was then told I should have informed them, and i thought the dodgy letting agent should have done this anyway!
I agreed back in 2007 to pay what i could and i believe they were taking £2 a week from my benefit for about a year but i then needed a loan from social fund to buy a fridge and wardrobe so they couldnt take it anymore as i was paying back the maximum to social fund .
Long story short
I moved into permanent housing in 2011 and they last contacted me about 4 yrs ago,
i told them i couldnt pay anything as i didnt have enough money after bills etc were paid and i heard no more until this letter today.
My question is this,
can they force me to pay this debt as the original amount was from 14 years ago?