DLA - how long for?

cheap_charlie

My daughter is autistic and receives DLA currently at the Middle Care and Lower Mobility rates.

This has been awarded for an indefinite period - does this mean once she turns 16 the award will be switched to her bank account or does it mean she will have to claim herself at that age and we will have to do another claim form?

sweetiepie2121

It means your daughter claims DLA for a long period.
Let Dla know if situation with daughter improves or disteriates.
I know this cause I am on DLA for an indefinite period.

Hope this answers your query.

allydowd

An indefinite award is what used to be called a "Life" award. It means that a person will get DLA until such a time that their disability changes. If nothing changes they'll be paid DLA until she reaches pension age. Theoretically the DWP could review it at any time, but usually they won't do anything to change the award unless their is a decline or improvement.

However, most young people have a renewal of their Disability Living Allowance when they reach 16. Yes, unfortunately, this means filling in the form again. But if your child's needs haven't changed, they should continue to get the same amount of DLA.

If you wanted to double check my information you can call the Benefit Enquiry Line on 0800 88 22 00.

cheap_charlie

Thank you for your replies.

I thought it was too good to be true to expect them to just switch it over to her when she turns 16 but given little has changed in the 2 years since she was given the indefinite award I can't see it changing overall much in the future.

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allydowd wrote: »

An indefinite award is what used to be called a "Life" award. It means that a person will get DLA until such a time that their disability changes. If nothing changes they'll be paid DLA until she reaches pension age. Theoretically the DWP could review it at any time, but usually they won't do anything to change the award unless their is a decline or improvement.

However, most young people have a renewal of their Disability Living Allowance when they reach 16. Yes, unfortunately, this means filling in the form again. But if your child's needs haven't changed, they should continue to get the same amount of DLA.

If you wanted to double check my information you can call the Benefit Enquiry Line on 0800 88 22 00.

Not strictly true,if DLA is being paid at pension age then it will continue to be paid,however an indefinate award can be looked at again by the dla any time 12 months after the award under what is known as right payment protection or RPP

matelot123

Just out of interest is this RPP revisit to your claim something that is carried out often or is it a totally random thing? anyone here got an indefinite award that has been looked at again after a year?

elaina79

It used to be called the life award and it will remain in force until your childs condition changes.
Apparently a small number of claims are randomly selected each year to check the accuracy of the award, but odds are that it won't affect you.

Try this link for more info in the right payment program which is at the bottom of the page.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits/dcs/news.asp

strong96

mine was just renewed and this time says indefinate on LRC and HRM, hopefully end to all those forms

munchings-n-crunchings

cheap_charlie wrote: »

My daughter is autistic and receives DLA currently at the Middle Care and Lower Mobility rates.

This has been awarded for an indefinite period - does this mean once she turns 16 the award will be switched to her bank account or does it mean she will have to claim herself at that age and we will have to do another claim form?

Hello cheap_charlie,

When my son was first awarded DLA, he turned 16 during that period.

Without any prompting and out of the blue, the DWP wrote to me as the parent, and asked if an officer could come and speak to my son and me about the claim.

On the visit, the officer asked my son if he was happy for me to handle his claim, to which he nodded in agreement, and a form was filled in. The officer has the power to act on behalf of The Secretary of State, and that was that, so simple and no problems.
I still look after my son's money even though he is nearly 19, and I can still speak to the DWP on my son's behalf.

I would think that as your daughter has an indefinite award, it will carry on regardless of age, and hopefully the dwp will contact you in their Secretary of State Roll, or contact them and ask,

Regards

Munchie

danio_2

munchings-n-crunchings wrote: »

Hello cheap_charlie,

When my son was first awarded DLA, he turned 16 during that period.

Without any prompting and out of the blue, the DWP wrote to me as the parent, and asked if an officer could come and speak to my son and me about the claim.

On the visit, the officer asked my son if he was happy for me to handle his claim, to which he nodded in agreement, and a form was filled in. The officer has the power to act on behalf of The Secretary of State, and that was that, so simple and no problems.
I still look after my son's money even though he is nearly 19, and I can still speak to the DWP on my son's behalf.

I would think that as your daughter has an indefinite award, it will carry on regardless of age, and hopefully the dwp will contact you in their Secretary of State Roll, or contact them and ask,

Regards

Munchie

This is what happend when my Son turned 16 too, I thought I would have to go through all those form pages again, send it off and wait, but it wasn't like that, One simple form that i had to sign on his behalf and that was it, DLA carried on as normal

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matelot123 wrote: »

Just out of interest is this RPP revisit to your claim something that is carried out often or is it a totally random thing? anyone here got an indefinite award that has been looked at again after a year?

RPP can only happen after the first 12 months of a claim starting,then around 1% of claimants usually those whose condition maybe expected to change will be selected for it,so its fairly random,i`ve read of a number of people on other forums who have undergone RPP