One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) is a payment for men and women under 66 who are bringing children up without the support of a partner. To get this payment it is necessary to meet certain conditions and to satisfy a means test.
An applicant for one-parent family payment must be the parent, step-parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian of at least one relevant child, who normally resides with him/her.
In this instance, the person concerned has applied for legal guardianship of the children but is not yet their legal guardian and whilst a decision on this application is pending, is receiving weekly Supplementary Welfare Allowance for themselves and the qualified children.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the deputy.