Appiontee

rita444
rita444 Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor
edited September 20 in Universal Credit (UC)

Hello again ,I'm a Appointee for my daughter's benefits ESA support group ,pip hb .

She has had Migration letter to UC .Dose anyone know if ESA DWP let UC know she has an appiontee .

is it that straight forward I know I may have to write it in her journal when she dose an online application . Thanks

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 2,118 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @rita444. The Gov website says this:

    If you have an appointee who is responsible for making and maintaining your benefit claims, your Migration Notice letter will be sent directly to them. They will need to make the Universal Credit claim for you.

    Was the letter sent to you or your daughter? If it was sent to you then they will know that she has you as an appointee. If it was sent to your daughter then I would contact the helpline to explain you are her appointee.

    Universal Credit Migration Notice Helpline  

    Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm  

    Phone: 0800 169 0328   

    0800 phone numbers are free to call from mobiles and landlines.

    If you cannot speak or hear on the phone

    Use our Relay UK service to make a free, text-supported call to the Universal Credit Migration Notice Helpline. Dial 18001 followed by 0800 169 0328. 

    If you use British Sign Language (BSL)

    Use our video relay service to make a BSL interpreted call to the Migration Notice Helpline.

  • rita444
    rita444 Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor

    Thanks Rachel

    It was sent to me as I'm her Appointee . It's just that I have read a few posts from last year . That say they may request a home visit to set up appionteeship for UC as UC and ESA are different benefits . Thanks

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 2,118 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I'm aware that they do home visits to set up a new appointee but I can't find any information on whether they do this when migrating to UC. I can't say for sure but I would expect that because they've asked you to migrate and that the letter was sent to you that they wouldn't need to do a home visit.

    One of our members may have some personal experience of this but I hope I've managed to help.

  • rita444
    rita444 Online Community Member Posts: 66 Contributor

    Thankyou

  • NeuroEve
    NeuroEve Online Community Member Posts: 93 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/138588/appiontee

    Hi, I have 2 adult children who I am appointee for. The first migration for our daughter went smoothly. The one for our son last week is turning into a nightmare. I don’t seem to be able to get a straight answer from anyone about my situation. Seems to be luck of the draw.

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