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Hi all,

It is time for our first annual review and I was wondering whether we have to report increases in benefits (my 2 year old is in receipt of DLA which has slightly increased)

Thanks

Hi Katie i would put it down as well as other increase in the cost of living, i'm not an expert but is your son's DLA taken into account? Hopefully one of the experts will be along soon and be able to give you some advice. xx

You will need to write down everything that has changed whether that be income or expenditure and document the changes e.g. letters from utilities. We have just had our 3rd review and sent off letters and bank statements showing where things had changed - utilities up but I shopped around for cheaper insurance, son's buss pass to show how much that was etc. I have been doing a few extra hours per week but less than 10% which has now stopped so included my letter from work saying temporary increase in hours so that it wasn't absorbed. Our payment hasn't changed which is what we were hoping for. We are with cleardebt who have been fantastic from the start and I believe that if you are honest with your IP, they can sort things out for you. Good luck with the review - the first one was the worst!!!

Thanks!