From dla to pip

gerrys6
gerrys6 Online Community Member Posts: 177 Contributor
My 16 year old has gone from dla to pip do you lose any money if they change the dates so for instance her new claim starts on 8 jan but her old dla would have been paid on a Tuesday the 21st jan obviously this is being paid as pip now on the 30th . Does this mean the Payment of dla On 24 December won’t happen tho the new claim starts on 7 jan? 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,186 Championing
    Hi,

    The decision letter will tell you the payment dates of the PIP. There will be 1 final payment of DLA but this will be for 3 weeks money because DLA is paid 3 weeks in arrears and 1 week in advice. Then PIP will start 4 weeks after that on what ever day it states in the letter and then every 4 weeks on that day.
  • gerrys6
    gerrys6 Online Community Member Posts: 177 Contributor
    It doesn’t say anything about dla just that her claim for pip starts on the 8 th jan and they will pay for three weeks from 8 jan to 30 then monthly in arrears so I suppose four weeks after 30 jan. 
    so her payment of dla on dec 24 th will that be more, less or nothing ? She’s getting more on pip than on dla having been assessed differently 
  • DuffersMum
    DuffersMum Online Community Member Posts: 196 Empowering
    I’ve just changed over, my DLA was always paid on a Tuesday, my PIP started on 20th November and I received first payment on Wednesday which was for 3 weeks, then it will be 4 weekly from then, always payable on a Wednesday so it was just a day out for me. I never received anything informing me when my last DLA payment would be, 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 63,186 Championing
    Best thing you can do is ring and ask when the final DLA payments will be and for how much.