My boyfriend received a letter from DWP. He is currently out of work but has a job lined up for the end of September which is good. Should it be the other way round he'd support me too when needed. He doesn't bother with job seekers allowance as i make enough money so it seems silly to take from the government if i can provide housing, food etc. I don't give him my earnings i simply buy extra food and pay for my rent & bills which i would if i were single anyways.

I was wondering is that allowed given my job. They will probably question me too and if it's not a problem i'll just come straight out and say what i do. Is that a bad idea? Should i just say i'm self employed in the entertainment business. I am already listed as self employed as that anyways do they really need to know details. I am honest with my earnings as basically i do a lot of online shopping and everything now days is online with me Food, shopping, bills etcetc. So all my earnings are accounted for so nothing to worry about in that department just worried about the legality of having a boyfriend staying for free given my type of job and yes i will say it "He's not my pimp he's my boyfriend" XD.

The old 'Living off the earnings of a prostitute' offence no longer exists, so your boyfriend isn't breaking any laws provided he has no involvement whatsoever in your work. There is no reason for you to either tell them or to not tell anyone your job - it's nothing to do with them and it's up to you .

I have no idea how the benefit system works, but I would imagine that they'll want to know what he's living on if he has no income and that would be the only reason they'd ask you anything at all? It can't be that unusual, although I daresay it's more often women sponging off men than the other way round.

Yes, I wondered that. Ah, has he claimed 'recently' ?

He (and you) should be fine in relation to him gaining from your sex work - if you don't control someone's work, you can gain from it. So don't let him take bookings for you etc.

Ah, I see. He's not under any obligation to get involved with them or prove anything to them then I'd say. Still very odd. I have friends who work in the welfare sector (fraud detection) and I've never heard of them doing this. They're just happy they don't have to pay out!

Ah, I see. He's not under any obligation to get involved with them or prove anything to them then I'd say. Still very odd. I have friends who work in the welfare sector (fraud detection) and I've never heard of them doing this. They're just happy they don't have to pay out!

I would think they suspect he's working on the side and earning cash in hand - one of my friends got pulled in and interviewed for this when he was out of work when another bloke who lives in his flats was seen going out in work clothes, so they're pretty paranoid about it. He lives on his own though, so if Rhona's boyfriend has told them he lives with his (self employed) partner then yes, it's a bit of a puzzler.

I don't get why they would ask he is not claiming not working and must be registered at your address to receive letters. They are just on the ball as the system is being changed and wandered why nothing is going into the dwp (inland revenue) ie tax. As long as your not claiming anything for rent then I don't see the problem.