Moving from dla to pip
dawn73
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Hi my daughter is 16 in April we have a visit on Tuesday 8th January .about me being her appointee.what questions will they ask us.my daughter who has epilepsy. Sleep disorder.autism. she stressful about the visit .can anyone one please help ..
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Hi,When i become my daughters appointee last year the only question that person asked was to my daughter and that was if she agreed for me to become her appointee. The DWP rep then just filled in the form and i signed. The appointment really isn't anything to worry about.It will take about a week after that visit for the changes to take place. Then you'll receive a letter in the post.Once it's done, all letters about your daughters benefits will be addressed to you and you need to sign all the forms.My daughters PIP goes into my bank account and then i transfer it to her bank. I help her with her money from there.When you return the PIP form, don't forget to send evidence to support her claim.I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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It is worth asking the DWP for a BF58 it is the official letter from the DWP stating the details of the appointee. The BF58 can also be useful as evidence of a person’s difficulties or disabilities if and when required.
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JCC said:It is worth asking the DWP for a BF58 it is the official letter from the DWP stating the details of the appointee. The BF58 can also be useful as evidence of a person’s difficulties or disabilities if and when required.
I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
As Poppy 123456 said, the BF58 should be sent automatically but it doesn’t always get sent out unfortunately as I have discovered
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BF58 is a form about an Appointee ending, a BF57 is the form about an Appointee being appointed:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procedures-for-dealing-with-agents-appointees-attorneys-deputies-and-third-parties
The DWP visiting officer is supposed to explain to the potential Appointee their roles and responsibilities when being an Appointee as it has a duty to protect the individual who needs the Appointee. I really hope it's not as simple as Poppy says!The Benefits Training Co: -
@BenefitsTrainingCo What i advised above is exactly what happened when a DWP representative came to my house when i become my daughters appointee. No explanation of anything was given and just one simple question was asked. I signed the forms and away she went. About 2 weeks later i had confirmation in the post.
I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
Benefits TrainingCo.
Sincere apologies . I should have said BF57 not BF58 . Very sorry.
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They read over my sons and daughters paperwork and spoke to them both to ask if they agree with me being their appointee my daughter had no idea what that ment and found it rather funny to call me appointee instead of mum so the woman explained it ment I could do all the paperwork and claim her money for her gave me both their forms before she left
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