As with any other social security benefit, a contribution cannot be sought by a trustee from DLA, though it can be taken into account when assessing how much you can afford from any earned income you have.

Therefore it is very important to make sure that your prospective trustee takes into account any extra costs that you incur in relation to your son's disability.

PS NO NEED TO SHOUT!!

Hi Kev

Generally they will take account of all household income, however hopefully this will be balanced by an element of expenditure for him.

Have you had sight of the income & expenditure and contribution and agreed this.

Mark

hi mark

Yes they have put extra onto other areas to hopefully counter act this, Just was not sure as this money is for my son and his care not for ourselves.

kev

Hi Kev and welcome.

How old is your son?

Hi he is 11 nearly 12.

I think this all makes sense then. I was just thinking about your sons age in terms of his financial dependency upon you.

DLA is paid to cover additional financial needs. So long as those needs have been covered in your expenditure allowances it seems like everyone involved is being treated fairly.