DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 55

[zoeybrooks45]

Hello everybody, I have made a new thread please put in your scan date, hopefully we hear some good news this month. please be kind and feel free to share scan date, entitlement award and what child is diagnosed with as others in similar position can feel uplifted in these stressful times. 💐

New claims (NC) are taking ‘around’ 20 weeks.
Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) & Change Of Circumstances (COC) between 20-25 weeks approx.
Renewals between 15-20 weeks approx
tribunals: when you disagree with MR and are considered by a court

scan date (SD) date form was scanned on the system and counting weeks for decision

original claim date: date you called up for the forms and you will be backdated

UC : universal credit
DWP: department of work and pensions
DM: decision maker; the person who assesses each claim and awards/decline a case

number for an update (0800) 121-4600

currently we are beginning of July and some last June dates! xx

Yay so many awards and it’s only Tuesday. 🥳 even I want to call and I am only 12 weeks 😆 I will hold off till new year. In all seriousness it’s great to hear many waking up to backpay as call handlers always telling confusing information. Hopefully we can finish off the first two week of July in the coming days. MR as above is around last week of June. xxx

Congratulations to all the new awards today. Very happy for you 🥰

Congratulations everyone!

Hopefully we both hear something very shortly fingers crossed

Any MR’s done today yet👀

My sd is 28/08
my son has autism, sent a lot of evidence school, full report and diagnosis.
seeing loads getting declined even with a diagnosis but still a long wait for me, but not holding out hope.

A lot of people that have diagnoses for their children focus on that rather than focusing on the extra care needs. People forget that DLA isn’t awarded based off of diagnosis, if you’ve outlined extra care needs and backed it up with evidence then you’ll be perfectly fine! Good luck x

I caved and rang after seeing all the dates near mine hear back, scan date 9th July. Decision was made Friday and my daughters been awarded hrc and lm until June 2026. I’m crying. It’s been such a long 19 weeks.

congratulations to all those who have heard back today 🤍🤍

Congratulations xxx

I don’t think Friday was a slow day after all. Awards were made but they just hadn’t informed families! I know the DM I spoke to said they went from the 21st to 24th June between Friday to the following Monday for MRs

Thank you.
yes I put in all of his extra needs and he is a twin so compared his extra needs to his brothers and it’s a lot different given that the same age.
good luck to you too hun. X

You can get DLA without a diagnosis. It’s how the diagnosis impacts your child over a child of the same age that they look at. You’ve mentioned you’ve sent in evidence from school. That will definitely help your case.

congratulations

I’m getting impatient😂 got ages to go

thank you.
yes senco didn’t a statement for me and included all his iep for last two years done every 3 months, the way he melts down and refuses to come in from the playground and won’t talk to adults. He will even lay in middle of road when he melts down not seeing the danger just expects cars to stop. School have also put everything extra, they help him with that isn’t funded and they. Putting in ehpc in January as they don’t want to be declined and had to build up evidence. He falls asleep in school and wakes around 4 times a night and I have to put him back to bed he is 10. He fussy with food have to cook separate then my other children and he won’t have anything touching. Can’t trust him to go park that’s across the road. He has a twin the same age and my son’s needs are massive compared to his twin.
good luck to you too x

What number would they ring from? Had missed call from 0333 344 0064

SD 12/8 15 weeks this week caved in and called today no updates though 😔 waiting is so long !
congratulations to everyone awarded today X

Huge congratulations to everyone that’s been awarded today x

Please call back this afternoon. I was told this on Friday lunchtime and turned out they made a decision that day!

Phoned again, SD 12/07. Still no decision. He said it's in a holding queue. Not sure what that is, but I think it's where all claims are until they're with a decision maker. He said he shouldn't say dates but aim for 30th November, which is pretty much 20 weeks anyway. He mentioned how many times I had phoned up, which was pretty embarrassing, but he was nice. He said we're on the home stretch now and just to wait out a bit longer..

Oh really, I thought they may be just thobbing me off again lol. I might call back later this afternoon then just in case they’ll be sick of me calling haha. Thank you

I did not know that they can see how many times you’ve called😂 think that’s me not calling again for a while😂😂😂

HE MENTIONED THE CALLS. well I was tempted to call AGAIN but nope. Never again 🤣🤣🤣. Am only 18 weeks tomorrow....but it's 23 on Thursday from my original scan date 😭🤣🤣

i rung a couple weeks ago at week 10, to send extra evidence and address. I spoke to a lovely lady as I asked what the wait times were, as I had a letter saying they are aware I’m waiting at decision would be made within 15 weeks. I think that’s the standard letter after finding this group and fb group after. She said 20 weeks is pretty much the longest. She said mine was in a queue to be given to the decision maker, I said why say 15 weeks on a letter then. She said it could well be 15 weeks looking at the queue ahead of you. They are so confusing sometimes. X

Yet they told me they can’t see how many claims are ahead. They lie i’m pretty sure which are orders from higher above