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DLA claimants are being selected at random for transfer to PIP, all postcodes are active and there are no postcode specific delays. As a whole, the project is already running at least a year late and it looks like there could be further delays.
I can't advise whether you should apply now or not, the criteria for PIP is very different from DLA, the best that I can suggest is that you have a look at our PIP Claim guides on the following link
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip if you reasonably think that he would receive a higher award then think about notifying the DWP that his conditions are worse.
Gordon