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I don't want to cause you additional stress, but you must deal with these matters as soon as possible as there is a risk that your daughters DLA claim will be closed.

As her parent you will have been deemed to be her appointee in regard to benefits, when she turns 16 she has the right, assuming that she is capable, of taking on these responsibilities herself. The DWP are contacting you to see whether the this is feasible or not. You need to reply to their letter to let them know, if you do not think that she is capable of doing this then the DWP will want to come and see you and your daughter so they can decide whether you can continue to be her appointee.

With regard to PIP, you need to see whether this is an informational letter telling you that they are delaying your daughters transfer to PIP, all 16 year olds are to be transferred to PIP from DLA, or whether they are inviting her to now claim PIP.

If the latter then you only have four weeks from the date of the letter to make a new claim for PIP, there will instructions in the letter on how you do this. If you fail to make a claim within the four weeks then your daughters DLA will be suspended, the DWP will contact you and will have a further four week to start a claim. If you have not made a claim after 8 weeks (4 + 4) then your daughters DLA claim will be closed.

Claiming PIP is covered in our PIP Claim guide. See

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/pip

If you have any questions, then please reply to this post and we will do our best to help.

Gordon