DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 47

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Also when doing a calculation for better off you click yes your child is disabled and it will ask if you get any dla click what rates you get.. hope this helps.. it done my head in trying to see how worse off I'd be if I had to leave my job.. I've already went from full time to part but finding it harder to work that with 2 special need children that don't sleep

I've read on here you keep getting paid if it's gone over your end date.. apparently you keep getting paid till it's been sorted.. but I don't understand it as if you don't get the same award as before or you get declined means your in debt to them.. I'm sure it will be sorted for you though.. I've just done a renewal and they told me it will be sorted for renewal date that's why you get forms sent put months before.. mines not till September though lol.. hope this helps

It is mind boggling! I’ve never been on uc or DLA so it’s all very new and confusing. I thought it would be either DLA or disability element . Think I’m going to have to ask someone for help to move over to uc 🤯

It’s very exhausting having one child that doesn’t sleep and when he does he sleep walks! I don’t know how you do it with 2 and still function x

Congratulations 🎊 what's your scan date hun

I wouldn't no how to help you with that but my sister in law is on it and she found it easy enough and she is thick burns toast haha but make sure you get tax credits informed first as you will get back money from them so saves the hassle chasing everyone up lol.. and it's very hard work they have never slept since birth one wakes up the other follows one as a melt down the other follows.. they like twins but a year apart in age.. plenty of coffee and red bull helps.. I'm sort of in a routine with it now it's been that long my body's used to it.. but as soons they asleep I go straight to bed 🤣 even when they sleep at grans very very rare I still wake up during night and up early it's a total routine you get into..

@Mamof2devils It did help, thank you ❤️

You can get carers allowance but not carers element if you get lcwra.x

I had a look and you get given a disability element if child gets hrc or mrc but when you apply to universal credit you tell them your child is disabled and what dla and or mobility and that will add the disabled element to your new claim for uc and also a carers element

Your very welcome 😊

Thank you x

Awards are stopped on their end date if they haven't been renewed in time.
I called 10 days prior to my sons ending as they had had it for over 5 months.. he agent marked it as a priority and I had a decision the next day xx

You very welcome x

@OneTiredMumma84 sorry if this has already been answered or not quite what you were asking but even if you move to UC and your child is awarded DLA from a date back when you were on tax credits then tax credits will still give you the child disability element in a back payment from the date you were awarded DLA by to the date you've migrated over. Then UC will give you the additional amount from when you've been on UC

Congratulations 🎉🎉
hope you dont mind me asking iff this Was a new claim?

my SD is 02/04 (new claim)

Congratulations 🎊 Yes the wait did pay off for you and your daughter,after the long wait 🎉 sometimes I find people waiting longer gets looked at properly by DM and gets hrc and those who ask for priority, the DM rush and don't look into the claim properly. So end up getting mrc and then going for MR.

That's what I think

27th Feb lovely x

I was told by a call handler that my claim is being looked at, but couldn’t say if it’s with a DM anyone knows what this mean cos I’m confused lol

Thank you!!
move still got to migrate over . Would I still be able to get it back dated by tax credits if I haven’t migrated yet? Just rechecked my letter and my date is august 15 but need to renew tax credits by July 31st so might aswell migrate then. I really don’t understand universal credit at all if I’m honest x

Parking scan date 7/3

Iv found UC so much better than tax credit
My eldest has been on mrc for the last 7yrs and when we swapped to UC back in 2020 we were 300 a month better off
She's now been given advanced care on pip so will be eligible for the high disability element which is another 300 odd
I'm still waiting on my youngest dla claim week 13 today
Only took 5 weeks for my eldest claim

Debating whether to call again to see if there's any updates.. I called at 11.45am and was told decision is imminent... 🙈😩
Scan date 20/02

Go for it, hopefully good news so you can enjoy your weekend. Xx

I feel they're very cryptic when they answer..I was told yesterday was with a decision maker which shocked me as only 10 week since Sd ..told today its not and it's in new claims department..

Maybe best ringing next week to clarify?