View Single Post
Old 26-07-2008, 21:57   #19
West Ender
Passed away 25-11-09
 
West Ender's Avatar
 

Re: Unbelievable!!!!

Bernadette, I know how upsetting something like that can be.

It was about 2 years after my husband died that I received a letter from the Solicitor's Office of the DSS. It was addressed to my husband and said, in effect, that they were going to take him to court for non-payment of his National Insurance Contributions. I wrote to them, immediately, pointing out that the reason he had not paid his NIC was because he was dead and that, for good measure, I had been receiving a State Widow's Pension, based on his earnings, and sanctioned by their department, under his NI number since he died.

In my particular Civil Service dept., HMRC, a letter such as the one I received would have been followed up by an abject apology. I received absolutely nothing from the DSS, not even an acknowledgement, but I was too weary to take it any further.

The problem lies, largely, in computerisation of various agencies. Once a button has been pressed, even inadvertantly, it's often impossible to halt the process of issuing a letter/form/statement.
__________________
*
Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.
West Ender is offline   Reply With Quote