DWP vist & Appointee

Ferboz

Hello I have done a couple of posts recently & once again had great advice from the forum.
Basically i was asking about becoming an appointee for my sister, who has now come to live with me & my husband after living with my parents, who cannot continue to look after her due to illness. 
After the forum advice, i called DWP to change my sisters appointee from my mum to myself. The 2 men i spoke to were really sympathetic & helpful & have taken my details and will send the request to the DWP to arrange a home vsiit, which i accept is 100% necessary. when i looked at the link provide my a forum member on my previous post, the DWP will want to make sure my home is suitable & that my sister ( who has a severe mental impairment) is being looked after. 
My main question ( after all the background waffle!!) is, does anyone have any experience on how long a wait it will be for the home visit. The main said that sometimes its quick, but it can also be several weeks. We want whats best for my sister & also i dont want my mum to worry regarding benefit payment, as until the visit the claim will be suspended. Again 100% acceptable. 
Thank you 

poppy12345

Ferboz said:

Hello I have done a couple of posts recently & once again had great advice from the forum.
Basically i was asking about becoming an appointee for my sister, who has now come to live with me & my husband after living with my parents, who cannot continue to look after her due to illness. 
After the forum advice, i called DWP to change my sisters appointee from my mum to myself. The 2 men i spoke to were really sympathetic & helpful & have taken my details and will send the request to the DWP to arrange a home vsiit, which i accept is 100% necessary. when i looked at the link provide my a forum member on my previous post, the DWP will want to make sure my home is suitable & that my sister ( who has a severe mental impairment) is being looked after. 
My main question ( after all the background waffle!!) is, does anyone have any experience on how long a wait it will be for the home visit. The main said that sometimes its quick, but it can also be several weeks. We want whats best for my sister & also i dont want my mum to worry regarding benefit payment, as until the visit the claim will be suspended. Again 100% acceptable. 
Thank you 

I have experience of this. They will not be interested in whether or not your home is suitable, that's not their responsibility. They will just ask your sister if she agrees to you becoming her appointee. They will then fill out the forms and ask you to sign them. Once that is done they will return and complete the process. You should then receive a letter with confirmation that you're her appointee.

I don't know if i've advised this on your other threads (it's hard to keep up when starting multiple threads with similar questions) but when you claim UC for her the appointee for her PIP will not transfer to UC and you'll need to go through that process with UC as well.

Ferboz

poppy12345 said:

Ferboz said:

Hello I have done a couple of posts recently & once again had great advice from the forum.
Basically i was asking about becoming an appointee for my sister, who has now come to live with me & my husband after living with my parents, who cannot continue to look after her due to illness. 
After the forum advice, i called DWP to change my sisters appointee from my mum to myself. The 2 men i spoke to were really sympathetic & helpful & have taken my details and will send the request to the DWP to arrange a home vsiit, which i accept is 100% necessary. when i looked at the link provide my a forum member on my previous post, the DWP will want to make sure my home is suitable & that my sister ( who has a severe mental impairment) is being looked after. 
My main question ( after all the background waffle!!) is, does anyone have any experience on how long a wait it will be for the home visit. The main said that sometimes its quick, but it can also be several weeks. We want whats best for my sister & also i dont want my mum to worry regarding benefit payment, as until the visit the claim will be suspended. Again 100% acceptable. 
Thank you 

I have experience of this. They will not be interested in whether or not your home is suitable, that's not their responsibility. They will just ask your sister if she agrees to you becoming her appointee. They will then fill out the forms and ask you to sign them. Once that is done they will return and complete the process. You should then receive a letter with confirmation that you're her appointee.

I don't know if i've advised this on your other threads (it's hard to keep up when starting multiple threads with similar questions) but when you claim UC for her the appointee for her PIP will not transfer to UC and you'll need to go through that process with UC as well.

Thank you Poppy12345
I do apologise for the multiple threads. It seems when i do one part another 'question' arrises which hasnt been mentioned. I think i am almost done thank you. 
My sister isnt able to communicate, sadly, so hopefully the DWP person will be happy that she is happy...
Do you have any idea how long beofre i hear...i know thats 'how long is a piece of string' probability, but i just wanted to let my mum know, so she is fully aware and doesnt add more worry. Once again many thanks. I understand my sister doesnt get UC..as she also gets ESA. Thats what it states on her benefit letter. 

poppy12345

It could be a few weeks, it could be less or more. I'm afraid i can't give you any timescales.

As she claims ESA then there would be no need to claim UC for her. However, if she's in the Support Group because her ESA will not include the SDP then LCWRA for UC actually pays more than ESA Support Group does.

If you do claim UC then any Income Related ESA she's claiming will end after 2 weeks. If she's in the Support Group then she will be entitled to the LCWRA element from the start of her claim.

Ferboz

poppy12345 said:

It could be a few weeks, it could be less or more. I'm afraid i can't give you any timescales.

As she claims ESA then there would be no need to claim UC for her. However, if she's in the Support Group because her ESA will not include the SDP then LCWRA for UC actually pays more than ESA Support Group does.

If you do claim UC then any Income Related ESA she's claiming will end after 2 weeks. If she's in the Support Group then she will be entitled to the LCWRA element from the start of her claim.

Thank you Poppy12345
I have checked my sisters paperwork & she gets ESA, which involves living expenses, and extra money for Disability Income Guarantee. She is also in the support group . I dont know if the 'DIG' is the SDP that you mention. The paperwork i have is from 2020. I do not want to put pressure on my mum to find a more recent letter, as she says she doesn't know where one would be. 
My sister has not & never will be able to work, so i dont know if the UC is worth doing. Its all so confusing, as it seems to get one benefit, then if you claim another part of the existing benefit is lost... but i am probably not understanding things correctly. Thank you 

poppy12345

The disability income guarantee is otherwise known as Enhanced disability Premium and not SDP. There will be no entitled to SDP unless all the adutls she's living with either claim a qualifying disability benefit or regaistered blind.

As she's already in the Support Group if she claimed UC she would have no work requirements because she would be entitled to LCWRA element from the start of the claim.