You cannot use a direct payment to pay for:
- services provided by the local authority, i.e. sessions at the Stephen Wiltshire Centre
- services or support for children other than the child with a disability named on the direct payment account, for example siblings
- health services or health therapies such as physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy unless specifically funded through a health or education budget as a direct payment
- medical equipment such as standing frames or wheelchairs unless specifically named and approved to be funded as a direct payment
- educational provision such as school trips as part of the curriculum, tuition or home tuition, Montessori or other nurseries unless specifically named and approved to be funded as a direct payment
- buying services that take place during school hours for school-age children
- bank fees i.e. if the bank account has fees