DLA Wait times part 20… (2023)

Ah great! I read it back and thought it sounded super confusing so glad to hear it all makes sense. Wishing you all the best🤞🏾

Scan date 14/7 the wait is finally over Hrc Lrm awarded till 2025. I in a state of shock thought it would be declined. Congratulations to everyone with awards today and i wish everyone waiting the best of luck. These posts have helped me so much so thankyou ❤️

@Tmxx 🥳 congrats hun pleased for you x

Hi I've just stumbled upon this group prob like alot of others do after reaching week 15 and googling wait times 🤣 I think my scan date was 2/8
And last text 31/10
I was starting to drive myself insane thinking I would hear bang on 15 weeks after seeing all the posts I realise that isn't going to happen 🙈
My sister got dla few months ago and her wait time she got told was 12 wks and she got a decision at 12 wks.
Would I have heard by now if they needed extra info?

I gave in and called earlier, no update at all but brought up MR process so now i feel like its going to be a decline @Rebeccanew Just want to know. Cant call tomorrow at a funeral xx

Iv just finished work gonna read through thread and hopefully see lots of awards xxxx

Any awards today? x

That absolutly makes sense and is so super helpful Thankyou so much!!! Going to look into this more now Thankyou 🙏🙏 xxx

It really depends on a lot of things tbh!

Anyone can sign up to UC, so you can go through the process and sign up whenever you’d like too. If you have a mortgage then you won’t have any housing costs paid. If you’re a single parent or in a couple then you’ll get an element for that and you’ll get an element for up to two children (unless they were all born before 2017).

If you’re not eligible to receive UC at the moment because you’re earnings may wipe out your entitlement, then you can have a valid UC claim for 6 months and receive a nil award. You could sign up now and even if you don’t receive a UC payment each month, if your child is awarded DLA, you can at least ask for the relevant elements (carer element and disabled child element) to be backpaid as you had a current UC claim at the time.

You can also wait until your child gets awarded and then sign up to UC but you won’t get any backpay as you didn’t have a current UC claim. They will just add the elements on from when you first sign up. All elements are able to be deducted so due to your earnings, you may receive a nil award with the elements added onto your claim anyway.

Let me know if that makes sense as it sounds quite confusing!

Okay Thankyou I don’t qualify for caters allowance annoyingly 🤦‍♀️ even tho I care for my son and partner xx

@Jude82 so I do get it now initially they never gave it initially ive only started receiving it since the past few months

You have to be entitled to uc to then add carers element and disabled child element, you could apply for carers allowance if you get mrc or hrc xxx

@Tammie23 will do! Going to call Monday so I can say it's been over 15 weeks haha xx

@Bambi91 ah okay I see. Well congratulations!!!

17 weeks today, only rang on Tuesday but trying again after seeing all the later dates being awarded 🤞🏻

@crazytimes20 no sorry I’m Essex
i wasn’t sure if my scan date was correct because I received my second text around the same time as people who have the week before scan dates

@Tammie23 thanks for the update. 18 weeks wow. only 3 weeks to go xx

@Bambi91 are you in the Newcastle area by any chance if you don't mind me asking? It seems to be up that way they are doing these dates. I'm 25/7 but Yorkshire. Not news yet.

I got through just before 2 hours. She wasn’t helpful. Said it had been with a decision maker since august?! Erm no I was told yesterday it had gone to a dm yesterday. Lol
still no decision as yet 😩 18 weeks tmw

Silly question, once they send the letter about it going into the bank, how long does it then take? Thank you. Xx

Hi first time posting Just had a text saying we qualify, 27/7 scan date but second text was 9/10
do you need a reference number when you ring I’m at work so don’t have it too hand but really want to ring and find out what my son was awarded

Hi just jumping in here I don’t currently qualify for universal credit atall but I’m waiting for my dla to be awarded 🤞 if all goes well I believe I would the. Qualify for uc do u know by any chance if I have to wait for the dla to be awarded untill I start the process of claiming uc ?? xx

@Sskanf as @PinkMoscatoLover says you should get the child element! Regardless of DLA you get that simply for having a child?! There’s been a serious error if you’ve never had that and it should be backdated to the start of your claim as has to be their error? I’m sure you would have said you had a child when applying for UC? It’s one of the set questions…

@Kelseeyx your welcome if you ring just keep me updated please anything can happen I think they just say this she was kinda grumpy lol xx

Thanks for the update! @Tammie23 xx