DLA letter to Review the appointment to act as appointee for Disability Living Allowance

[Yendell1]

Hi,
New to this page but after some reassurance/advice...
I currently claim DLA for my two disabled children (aged 5 and 7), and have done for a couple of years. Both are in the middle of their current claims, no changes have been made, nothing new to add, no additional needs etc. but then today I have received a letter from the Department of Work and Pensions titled "Review to act as appointee for Disability Living Allowance" the letter/form is a BF57B(DLA).
The letter is a little curt and asks that I make sure I am aware of my role as appointee. They ask you to sign a form to say you understand and return within a strict 2 weeks.
Of course I understand the role, and I do appreciate that they need to check - the letter was just a little surprising and I have never heard of this review or the letter.
I did an internet search on the letter and instantly wished I hadn't - lots of scary stuff from when it was introduced a few years ago.
I called Department of Work and Pensions to see what it was all about and the first lady I spoke to said it had been triggered, but couldn't see why. She said that they would need to arrange a visit?
I asked to speak to someone from the team that sent the letter - an hour later I received the call and the person I spoke to told me not to worry, and that it is a standard letter and that she would mark my response on the system there and then. I asked if there would be a home visit and what would happen next and she said "nothing".
Am I worrying unnecessarily about this letter?
Has anyone else had this letter recently?

Don't worry I have had a couple over the last few years... it's standard and random. They only need to come out and see you when your child turns 16, to see if they are capable of handling their own affairs or not... even then it's usually pretty simple and not the least scary (My DS2 is nearly 18 so done that!)

Thank you for the responses - the DWP were a little inconsistent with their advice and response when I called - hence my panic over the letter.
Given that my DS is only 7, I'm not sure they could ask him who he wanted as appointee - so a little concerned when a visit was suggested in the first call.
Thanks again..

I assumed this type of letter would only arrive when the child reached 16 ...?
Sorry for hijacking a bit .... but dd is 16 in July. She's been awarded DLA since November, so fairly recently. I received a letter at the time asking for her bank details so the money could be paid into her account when she reaches 16. I didn't tick the box to be appointee as after reading it I couldn't really justify being an appointee iyswim. It said you can't be an appointee just because you think the child is too young to manage their own money. I've spoken to dd explaining that she may get this money when she's 16 and she thinks it's great ... "free money, cool"
She thinks it's great because she can buy concert tickets all the time and waste spend her 'free' money. I've explained how some of the DLA needs to be used for the things we pay for privately related to her condition - "no way, I'll just not have anything".
Obviously I'd like her to keep and manage her award, but I really can see it just being frittered away. Should I be appointee or are these not enough grounds?

Hi just wondered if you heard any more after returning the letter, I received the same letter yesterday.

Frazzled you can't be an appointee just because she might waste the money unless she can't manage money due to her disability. My older dd was awarded age 15 she is now 16 I told the dwp my dd wanted to money to continue to go into my account which she did. I transfer money into her account whenever she wants to buy a specific item. We agree between us what she is allowed to use it for but she is sensible so I have never said no. I also withdraw money to pay for her therapy, extra fuel and parking costs for numerous appointments and any equipment she needs. I write down everything I spend so she knows exactly where the money goes. It works well for both of us. Do you think if you sit your dd down and explain exactly why she gets her dla and breakdown the extra costs you incur she might be happy with a similar arrangement?

the letter is a standard letter that they have to send because of a EU ruling funnily enough. I know the wording is pretty scary but honestly just file it away - no one is checking up on you, no one is coming to visit, its a case of the computer just sending you the letter.

Soon .. I haven't applied to be appointee, but that's great advice thank you! I've filled in the forms already for the money to go into dd account but if she agrees, I assume I could ring them up and keep it going into my account. If not, I'll let dd pay me
I don't fully understand their reason though tbh ... my guess is lots of sn young people would fall under their category for not qualifying for an appointee yet wouldn't fully understand or be able to manage their money. I'm hoping dd will understand and appreciate more when I follow your advice. Thank you.