Teen and PIP

[Sunshineandpool]

Just looking for opinions on this and what you would do.

So teen is 17. Recently been diagnosed with Autism and ADHD. They have been awarded around £600 in PIP. All fully in their name - no one acting on their behalf.

Their mother is worried about them suddenly having a lot of money that they may not spend sensibly.

Options she is considering:
Teen has half but has to save £50 of it. The other half the mother will have and will make sure it is spent on things to support the teen with their autism/ADHD

Teen has all the money

Mother has all the money and gives teen an allowance of £100 per month. The rest of the money she spends on things to help with teen's disabilities. She will also save some for the teen to give her a small financial buffer in future.

Just to clarify the money legally belongs to the teen but she is open to her mother helping to manage it.

So wwyd? One of the options or something completely different.

Capacity to manage the claim and whether someone is able to act for themself is assessed as part of the appointee process, not the PIP application itself.

Savings don’t affect PIP entitlement. If you mean entitlement to means tested benefits such as UC, it is savings over £6k that start to reduce the UC award, not £7k.

@WaitingForMojo

Pip is not a means tested benefit, it's on the basis of need.
We are fortunate in that the things we spent the DLA/PIP on have had a hugely beneficial impact on his life. His award was rightly reduced when he moved to PIP.
He will always have his condition but he is increasingly less disabled by it. When his award is up for review I doubt we will reapply.

This. And these are all perfectly acceptable ways of utilizing PIP funds.