Disabled adult son - access to PiP

Danien

If your son is an adult he should be claiming esa/universal credit which pays for his daily living needs. PIP is to pay for his specific disability related needs. Has your e  not claimed this, or just not told you?

poppy12345

Danien said:

If your son is an adult he should be claiming esa/universal credit which pays for his daily living needs. PIP is to pay for his specific disability related needs. Has your e  not claimed this, or just not told you?

The son is a student and students can only claim UC in very specific circumstances. As they will be attending residential college which is funded then their PIP will stop while they are away at college.

Twixty3

The benefits system really needs to adapt much better to shared care and help both parents. 

You should therefore challenge the appointee-ship on this basis or challenge it in court as his needs regarding his disability still need to be met when he is with you 50% of the time.  Change usually has to be fought for, sadly. 

However. I think changes are brewing for non resident parents because of recent reports and this one in particular has an interesting conclusion. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/survey-of-separated-parents/survey-of-separated-parents-summary

One part of the conclusion … 

‘’The research found that most parents have arrangements for financial and/or non-financial support. Income (and therefore affordability) is a key factor in parents’ decision-making about arrangements. It is also the main reason why some NRPs report not complying with their financial arrangements. In these situations, both parents have expressed a desire for support to help the NRPto achieve financial security and stability.’’ 

It is super interesting that both sets of parents agree which is a BIG shift.  This report was published 14/7/22 and follows on from the NAO report mentioning affordability of child maintenance for NRP’s, mainly those on lower incomes,  and of the conflict with the benefit system caused by it.