Universal credit and disabled child element backdating

[Krys83]

Hey all, my little one was awarded DLA on the 7th of December. MRC and LRM which was backdated to the 31st of July. I updated my journal same day requesting disabled child element to be added and backdating was told they will investigate this. Heard nothing else so sent message in January to be told the same thing. I sent another message on 9th of February to be told its been sent to decision maker and as soon as they have an answer will update journal. Anyone else still waiting for element to be added as well as backdating???

Thanks for that. Well I phoned to get the form and I returned before the end date so hopefully i am doing well so far 🤭. Do I just wrote on my journal if all goes ok and my daughter gets awarded DLA?

You would need to report a change to report the DLA award and to report that you are a carer. Then comment on your journal to request they are backdated.

Hi guys if anyone could help me I migrated over to uc last year in july inwas given transition payemt so I dont lose out one month before I migrated to uc I applied to dla and inndecember I had to mandory reconsideration as my decion was not in my favour this july I won abs got it backdated please could enyone let me know will my transition payment be eroded as I confirm the change to them or will they backdate it from when I migrated as this was meant to be there but a decicion was not yet recived ease can someone help on here

Hi ive asked for my claim to be back dated being of September and no one is getting back to me ive complained to dwp etc and nothing I would just like a simple message to say they will look into it for me and all im getting is ur claim is correct and yes they have updated my claim but they have got it wrong for about 7 months any other ways I can go about this thankyou

From my friends experience her transitional protection was eroded. She end up with a small back payment but not has much has it should be.

Does anyone know the timescale for backdating disabled child element sent to a decision maker today xx

Does anyone know the timescale for backdating disabled child element sent to a decision maker today xx

I had to complain to dwp because I was getting ignored by uc. Then 3 days later i had a reply and the same day it was decided it was to be backdated. Everyone is different though hopefully not long.

They verified amd said it had been sent to a decision maker yesterday hopefully it's not months x

Hi there guys my son was awarded dla back in 2023 I told dla and asked how to do this on uc thay helped with there care elemt that's it inwas neber made aware or even none i was entitled to child disability element neber new it existed i did ask them for help shouldn't thay have made me aware will thay now let me claim ut I did put it 3 days ago so fingers crossed been 2 years lost out in serious money for use when my son was out school for a year waiting for a new one I was covering all the extra cost that couldn't help use should be more informal about what we can have so nun this back date and lost money can happen x

If the conversation was on your journal and you weren't made aware of the disabled child element I can't see why you wouldn't get it backdated x

Has anyone been refused having the carers element and disability element backdated? My child was awarded HRC /LRM on 07.10.2025 her award date was 12.08.2025 I told UC straight away and they added it to my October November payment (payment day from UC is the 1st) I thought it was backdated automatically

November payment not October November payment sorry

Have you heard anything back yet? I'm currently waiting for a backpay and for both elements to be added to my claim, it went to the decision maker 11th November.. hoping it's not a long wait! X

I complained I got the letter saying they'll backdate yesterday go on gov.uk website the complaints then universal credit complain about timescales they got back to me withing 24hours x

I complained I got the letter saying they'll backdate yesterday go on gov.uk website the complaints then universal credit complain about timescales they got back to me withing 24hours x

I will do that, thank you! X

I update COC over 2 weeks ago my son was verified within 2 days and the no word of the back pay. Was just told need to wait. I call e this evening and was told a case worker will be in contact within 48 hours. How long are people currrntly waiting for back pay?

Hello

How long are people typically waiting for a decision for back pay request and getting the payment. My request went to the decision maker 4 weeks ago but haven't heard anything. Is this normal?

I just got a yes decision after waiting 5 weeks for my daughter. I am still waiting a letter to confirm how much backpay I am getting for her x

I got a letter back a few days ago after about 4 weeks asking i having my backdated from 2023 so I no that be along wait probably months cuz thay have to up days evey statement u have from when u wonted it backpacking from miye be quicker if ur less time but just a waitting game realy

Hi anyone know how long it’s taking to get child element backdated payment

Hi all i am currently doing a Mandatory Reconsideration because of issues with my daughter’s disabled child element.
I first reported in my journal that my daughter was awarded DLA in October 2025. I also asked UC to backpay the child element from when she was awarded DLA, which is April 2025.
On the 23rd of December my daughter was verfied.
31 December 2025, UC said the case worker was looking at it, but nothing happened. I kept checking, and last week in January 2026, I asked again why the backpayment was taking so long.
The next day, I received a letter in my journal saying I had an overpayment from 2024 to 2025. This made no sense because in 2024 my daughter wasn’t even on the claim and didn’t have DLA, so I couldn’t possibly have been overpaid for that period.
UC are now saying that adding my daughter’s disabled child element cancelled out transitional protection, and that the arrears I should get for her were used to offset the overpayment.
Basically, they are treating me as if I was overpaid in 2024, even though my daughter wasn’t on the claim then, and this is blocking the backpayment I am actually owed. I’ve raised a Mandatory Reconsideration to challenge this.
And even me calculating it properly, the disabled child element backpayment for my daughter from march 2025 to January 2026 is higher than the overpayment amount. That means something still doesn’t add up. So they are trying everything for people to not get backpayment