DLA To PIP Letter Recieved

hi, good news received in the post today, I have been granted PIP at the same rate I am getting DLA until late 2022 without the need for a face to face consultation, by which I am amazed at, both the length of the award and not having to have a medical, my question is that my next DLA payment is due 13/9/16, but in the letter it says I will receive a payment, which is much lesser, 20/10/16 for money that they owe me from 28th September to 20th October 2016, it then says they will then pay my benefit into my account every 4 weeks in arrears on a Thursday, so will I still receive my DLA payments as normal until then? and I don't understand this lesser payment that they are paying 20th October? which seems to be a one off payment, I don't really want to phone them, so I was wondering if you could please enlighten me? thanks in advance

regarding my previous post, which is still being moderated, I think as I understand it, I will continue to receive DLA until 27/9/16 then PIP will kick in, and the lower payment is a part payment of PIP, then the payment should return to normal thereafter? does that sound about right?

Hi just had to say congratulations.
I am one of the many still dreading and waiting to change over to PIP.

just a note to anyone going through the process, I will give this advice, just be honest and get as much medical evidence as possible, given my half glass empty way of thinking, I nearly didn't apply for PIP, I decided if it was done fairly then I should still receive it, which has proved to be the case, good luck to anyone else going through the process, it is a worrying period, but if you have a disability go for it, hopefully I won't have to go through the process again until 2022

You should ring them, I did and they were very nice and explained it to me.
Your payments sound very similar to the way they did mine.I passed PIP end of July.
I still received my DLA the following month, but they also told me I would receive another payment two weeks after that but they didn't know the amount. Then I would receive my first PIP payment the month after that but will be short roughly £100.
I still received my DLA in August, received another payment end of August for half the amount, then am getting first PIP end of Sept but £100 short. So really October for me my payments should be back to normal but also on a different day. I didn't feet I lost out but perhaps gained.