I am my 16 year old son's representative for the PIP process. We have filled in the form and are awaiting an appointment for his face to face assessment.
My question is this: when we go for the interview what are my legal rights when they ask him questions - can they prevent me answering for him? I know that if the interviewer asks him "Could you cook a meal?" (for example) he will answer 'yes' when the true answer is 'no'. I am worried that he will talk himself out of any help he could receive, bearing in mind he has been on DLA for 9 years.
I've read on forums how the interviewers can be really harsh and basically tell parents to shut up if they try to speak for their teenage child. I'm just wondering what my legal rights are.