DLA Wait Times Part 9 (2023)

[Lostatsea10]

Thought it was time for a new thread :)

just got off the phone to dla they said I’ll be waiting another 2 weeks for it to reach decision maker then it all depends on how long they have it for same as they told me earlier in the week scan date is 22/11 couple more weeks to go for me 🤦‍♀️

Thank you 😊 x

Thats exactly what they told me last friday but it went to the DM on the saturday and decision was tuesday! My scan date was a day after yours xx

She said the award for dla is until day before her 17th birthday and will continue to be paid until then. And ring pip 3 weeks after her 16th birthday to start application x

So annoying arnt they I’ll just hope for the best 🤞🏻😂xxx

What was your scan date xx

3/11

Wow that is a longtime for you to wait considering people with scan dates 17/11 are being accepted

He’s very long hahahaha I was starting to think they had forgotten us

Does anybody know how the tax credits work with the disabled element does it get back dated or do you just start receiving it from the day you update it with them ?

@Leannepap my daughter was getting DLA LRC and LRM and a month before her 16th birthday we got the letter to apply for pip and if you do that before their birthday they will continue getting DLA until pip decide. My daughter was 16 in November and we are still waiting and still getting her DLA. Hope this helps x

I rang yesterday they told me hopefully will go this week to dm.
mine is 18/11 this is taking forverrrrrrr

Another update.. For anyone who's read before and has seen my school and senco troubles, I went above them all and had a meeting yesterday with the regional director. This morning the senco couldn't have been nicer, I think she's been told off for being a bitch haha. She's going to ring dla today and explain everything they have in place at school and all my sons struggles but the big shock came when she finally said HER and the Ed psych think my son is autistic.. Such a big behaviour change since Monday when she told me it's a goodwill gesture to speak to dla and she couldn't do it for me, hopefully I will have a decision soon xx

@JJS1984 they back date to the award date xx

I rang back today just to see and they said it’s in a holding que. So weird so many my stage is awarded

@AdhdMumOf3 fantastic news! Just shows you the turn around when official complaints are mentioned

Is it still 15 weeks wait before it goes to DM my scan date was the 8/12/2022

I was told when I called CTC yesterday bk dated to the day u called dla for the form

How long do you usually wait for the back payment of dla women told me yesterday 5 days but a friend said she was sure it was three I got awarded yesterday so would it be next week

@VickieC86 id say Monday or Tuesday

Apparently they processed the first payment on Friday and it was in my bank on Tuesday.

Ok thank you hopefully comes before Tuesday as my daughters birthday want to give her the best day she has a lot of melt downs mood swings due to asd

If awarded today will be Tuesday/ Wednesday

Scan date 28/11
Just tried to phone for the first time for an update (52 minutes) and had to hang up! I need to send in my evidence I've finally received but no clue how to do this

i’ve just called because if i’m honest i’m getting really impatient now and she didn’t even ask for a reference or name before saying you’ll need to wait 15 weeks then proceeded to say if i’ve not heard anything in 4 weeks call them and they’ll escalate it! baring in mind i’m going into my 14th week so how can she say it takes 15 weeks 1 minute and then say 4 weeks on top of the 14 we’ve already waited the next 🙄