JSA overpayment – has this happened to you, too?
Judging by the amount of searches I’m seeing for “JSA overpayment” in the blog stats it’s clear I’m not the only one having a hard time defending myself against the DWP. They’re demanding money from me for overpaid Jobseekers Allowance while refusing to give me any details of why and how they claim I was overpaid. You can read the mini-saga I’ve had to date with them – here . And now, some good news, an update. My case has gone to appeal, which hopefully means that someone, somewhere, in an office, a real person, can look into my case and give me the details. As I’ve said before, if I have to pay it back I will but I want, need, to know why and how they think I've been overpaid. Today I rang the Benefits Agency, again , asking if they could send dates and amounts of JSA I was paid last year, again . The first time I rang I was told my claim was archived and it would take 2-3 weeks for the info to be sent to me. It’s now over 3 weeks since I made that call and as nothing h...