CCROs will not normally identify claims from IS/JSA/MIG
passported claimants for examination because they believe the
claimant may in fact be a member of a couple. This is because the
DWP will have verified the claimant’s declared income before
giving effect to the initial IS/JSA/MIG claim. The CCRO will direct
to the DWP any intelligence it receives which may cast doubts on
the IS/JSA/MIG entitlement, for example, because it suggests the
claimant is living with a partner (see NTC Chapter 14 in the RIAM).
Any examinations into claims from IS/JSA/MIG passported
claimants are therefore likely to concentrate on the child(ren)
featuring in the claim. But if exceptionally, during the course of
your examination, you obtain information you consider may indicate
that the claimant did not accurately report their income to the DWP
for their IS/JSA/MIG claim, you should pass on the intelligence to
the DWP FILO, in accordance with
CCM3130. You
should not pursue the matter yourself, as you
cannot independently change the income for NTC of an IS/JSA/MIG
claimant. Any such change can only be made by the DWP. But you
should inform the claimant you will be passing the information on
to the DWP.
If the DWP investigates, and the investigation reveals that
the claimant is not entitled to IS/JSA(IB)/MIG, DWP will notify NTC
via the electronic interface. This will create a CoC notification,
and the “passport” will be withdrawn from the claimant
as part of processing (though the claimant may still be entitled to
NTC).
