DLA to PIP

I was "invited" to claim PIP last September. As of today I have handed in my how your disability affects you form, its receipt has been acknowledged so I am just waiting.

As of the 8th February my DLA claim officially ended. I am still entitled to DLA until my PIP decision has been made so I am getting interim payments of DLA, but it is still DLA.

Last Tuesday I received a payment of a quarter of my usual payment and on a different day. Confused I rang them on wednesday when I realised. I hate using the phone and even more so to ring DLA up. They were unhelpful and said I must have been moved onto weekly payments, but that I would get a call back to confirm this. I hate getting phone calls and usually have incoming calls blocked. So, unblocking the calls I eventually got an answer on friday to say that the payment was my final usual DLA but I was still claiming because of the transfer.

I thought that was the end of my nightmare. Nope, today we receive a letter from carers allowance because my DLA has been stopped. This also means that our income support and therefore our housing benefit might also be being stopped automatically. This means another week of ringing around, stress and waiting for answers, that we really dont need as a family right now. And I thought it was "automatic", yea right.

Not only that I applied back in january to my local council for my new bus pass. I explained the problem that I wont be getting my new award until they have decided on it and there are lots of delays. They asked for all the evidence saying it was ok. They have since decided not to give me a bus pass either, until I get my PIP decision. My bus pass got me and my Husband on the bus.

So, now it seems because of the delay to my PIP we are expected to live on thin air...