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Advice please
traintraveller
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Hello all
My son is 18 , he has been getting pip since age 16 when transferred over from dla when he went onto pip we ticked box for money to come into my account as he did not have account and I managed money . He then applied when 17 and was granted esa income we opened him an account and that money goes to him. We recently have had review of his pip due to new tribunal decision and he is due payment of over £6000 , he has money in his own account of just under £1000 and from his pip money I have nothing left each month as this goes on food , clothing , his phone etc
my question is will this payment from pip be disregarded as capital as it is over £5000 and was due to error on dep part ? When it is paid it will be paid to my account . There are things he does need like new computer , headphones etc can we use this money to get those for him ? Do I need to keep records of everything ?
Thank you for any advice
My son is 18 , he has been getting pip since age 16 when transferred over from dla when he went onto pip we ticked box for money to come into my account as he did not have account and I managed money . He then applied when 17 and was granted esa income we opened him an account and that money goes to him. We recently have had review of his pip due to new tribunal decision and he is due payment of over £6000 , he has money in his own account of just under £1000 and from his pip money I have nothing left each month as this goes on food , clothing , his phone etc
my question is will this payment from pip be disregarded as capital as it is over £5000 and was due to error on dep part ? When it is paid it will be paid to my account . There are things he does need like new computer , headphones etc can we use this money to get those for him ? Do I need to keep records of everything ?
Thank you for any advice
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We have been really struggling to make ends meet and this will help a lot to allow us to finally get a better standard of life for him .