ESA capital and ILF

That's a good idea. We will do that. The LA has not audited the account at all since we started getting a direct payment 2 years ago. We were told we would have to give them back any surplus(the cost per hour of the agency was 32pence an hour less than we received from the LA) and so we religiously kept this amount back. Then when we asked the LA when we should give them it back they told us just to keep it. Now the LA is so strapped for cash that the local social work offices are closed, the social workers hot desk, and no one has an allocated social worker unless there is a crisis! ILF audited us 18 months ago and we sent money back to them ( we had a surplus because the previous care agency had let us down badly and had no carers on a regular basis so I had to step in and provide care on a regular basis till we swapped agencies.) then we were forced to take a direct payment as the new agency wasn't on the list of authorised providers.

The capital comprises solely the direct payment, ILF and his own dla Contribution. His other bank account for living expenses runs down pretty quickly and we his parents have to help him out with some cash!