Pip and being an appointee for an adult child.

Hi Gary

It is a complex one - and there is no easy answer because one never knows for sure what someone from the DWP will think or if they will even notice. A good friend of mine receives enhanced PIP for mental health and physical difficulties. They are an appointee and a carer for their partner who has complex mental health and physical difficulties and also receives PIP. The DWP queried their role as a carer but accepted that they were still undertaking the caring duties, despite their own mental health difficulties. When they applied for PIP, they were already an appointee and no one has questioned their role since then and it never came up in the PIP application because it wasn't relevant.

If I were your friend, I would talk to a specialist welfare advisor or try and speak to someone at MIND and get their view on what she might do. I totally understand her fear of putting the other claim at risk in any way or her role as an appointee.

BIS

Hi Gary

I can't say what she should do here - it's something she will have to decide for herself. The questions are about her, and her care needs and she will have to decide if that's a relevant piece of information when responding to the specific questions.

BIS