What is PIP meant to be spent on

Ami2301 said:

Welcome to the community @rose250 PIP can be spent on a variety of things to improve your quality of life and maintain your independence. This is your money, not your mum's I'm afraid. Does she claim carers Allowance for you?

poppy123456 said:

rose250 said:

I'm 16 and get pip I think I get £400 a month but I'm not sure because my mum is my appointee so she looks at the letters.. she says that the reason they give me £400 is because some of it is meant to go to her and is meant to be for her and her rent is this true?

Hi and welcome,

No, this isn't true. The PIP is meant for you, not for your mum's rent money. The reason you're claiming PIP is because you have a disability that affects your daily living.

If you're still in full time education then your mum should be claiming child benefit for you.

Thank you so much for the replies...I'm not sure what/or if she gets child benefits or if she gets carers allowance but she says she tried to get benefits because she was struggling with the rent and they said she isn't entitled because of how much they give me they say I should be helping her by giving some of mine to her? If this is true why is it in my bank and not hers. I can't talk to my mum about this because it comes across as me being spoilt and I'm scared she would cancel my pip or something and think I don't deserve it. I also don't want her getting into trouble I'm not sure she understands that it's for me 

poppy123456 said:

My daughter is still in full time education and she claims PIP and i'm her appointee. Her PIP is paid int my bank but she has her own bank account. Once her PIP is paid into my bank i transfer her all of her money. The reason i do this is because it's not my money to spend and i would never take money off her.

As she's in full time education i receive child tax credits for her and because she's claiming Enhanced daily living PIP i also receive extra tax credits each week. This money i use for bills and food shopping.

Thank you so much for your help. I've spoken to her and she says she used to use my dla to pay for my essentials (for example I went through a stage of being scared tap water was poisoning me so she would use it to pay for expensive bottled water) apparently she no longer gets dla for me, and instead I get pip. She wants £160 to go towards all the things she has to pay extra for because of me (for example bottled water) and she said she won't take any if I drink tap water from now on and buy my own food... I can't do this, I have no idea how to cook and I can't even get myself a glass of water without having a break down(sounds crazy sorry) even if she got it I'd be worrying about the water having dirt or something inside of it and won't be able to drink it. I'd get dehydrated.. I don't know how to online shop for water either. Which is why she takes money so she can use it to buy the things I don't buy that go towards me. Hang on she's just informed me she's taking £220 out from now on I'm actually crying sorry, she's calling me the most selfish person she's ever met i don't want her in trouble though

Wait I can't remember if she said she'd tell them my autism isn't bad but she said she'd tell them that I'm spending it unfairly and wasting it on clothes and makeup. I haven't bought makeup in ages and that was because I had anxiety about how I looked anyway and I haven't spent any money on anything in about two months

Let me just say my friend is nearly my age so I'm not hanging out with an older weirdo and our family are all friends w each other