PIP appeal

[Twelvefiftysix]

Hi, My dd is 16. She is autistic and is waiting for ADHD assessment.
She was awarded the mobility part of PIP as she can’t manage to travel places by herself, needs to practice routes multiple times and can’t cope with public transport.
She was turned down for the daily living part.
She got 4 points for needing support mixing with other people but didn’t get any points in other areas.
We are wondering whether to appeal. She takes medication for various conditions which we remind her to take every day. Sometimes she’s remembered herself and other times she hasn’t.

She needs supervision when cooking as she forgets to turn the oven/hob off. She doesn’t always forget but we need to be around in case she does. She also needs someone to direct her clearing up after herself as she will leave dirty pots and pans, food containers etc out and needs specific instructions each time…put the plate in the dishwasher, fill the sink with water etc. as she can’t think her way through jobs like that.
She can’t budget and if she has money she will fritter it away on tat and then need bailing out if she is having her hair cut or if she owes money. Her mobility PIP is paid into my account a to pay for taxis etc as she can’t be trusted (and knows it).

She also has cream for psoriasis which she can’t reach to put on herself as she has some on her back. She can’t make doctors appointments herself and would need someone to take her.
Obviously we manage all of this and it’s fine while she’s only 16 and living at home.

Is it worth appealing? We’re not desperate for the money (although it would pay for her very expensive psychotherapy). I’m happy to leave it and don’t want to take the piss if the consensus is we don’t qualify.
Thanks

You have nothing to lose by asking for a mandatory reconsideration and then appealing.

You definitely wouldn't be taking the piss. There was a programme on R4 recently about how system is designed to run in the cheapest way possible and the assessments aren't often made by people qualified to do the job.

I don't rennet what the success rate is fir appeals but I think it's pretty high.

I'd just follow the advice from Thomas

@SiouxsieSiouxStiletto in the quarter October to December 2022 69% of PIP appeals were overturned. Some are also overturned at the MR stage - off the top of my head I can’t tell you stats, I think it is around 1 in 4, maybe, don’t quote me on that.

@Twelvefiftysix Definitely look into appealing get advice from a benefits advocate.

@Twelvefiftysix Did you manage to get any help with your PIP Appeal?

Hi, no we didn’t get help but did appeal. They gave her some extra points for daily living, so she now has 7 (but needs 8). They said that she doesn’t need help with budgeting, even though her PIP comes to me to pay for taxis when needed, and she gives money from her little job to her dad to save for her as she can’t trust herself not to impulsively buy a whole load of rubbish!