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

New claim scan date 19th July it be 18 weeks on Friday was told on phone today its still in a queue it's becoming a joke now come on it dont take this long to look at a form

Just popped over too FB and the backpay received this morning has been tenfold and calls made with granted given on the phone they've really picked up the pace it seems

I’m so pleased to see all of the lovely awards today x

Your the same date as me I called last week and was told not to phone back now until 13th December people seem to be awarded at around 19 weeks so I may cave and call next week 🤣🤣

After putting the phone down earlier my OCD wouldn't let me rest 😭😭

So...update...I don't know if it's good or bad. Not sure if some of you remember that my OG SD was 13/06 but I missed a page so they sent me the form back which then made my scan date 17/07. Just spoken to a lovely lady after pressing 4 on the 3rd option instead of 2....she's told me that she was actually able to change the date back from the 17/07 to 13/06 so my claim is now actually at 22 weeks 5 days instead of 18 weeks tomorrow. She said this should now push it forward but I could still be waiting the 2 weeks. But surely this should of been done sooner? But who am I too complain. But now I have more anxiety 🤣🤣

SD 10/7
called this morning and told to wait another 8 days. Had a phonecall this afternoon to ask a few questions as DD has switched to high school since forms went in. She said she will be awarded and will make payment today and I’ll receive in 3-5 days 🎉 just waiting on DS claim now SD 18/7. He switched from preschool to primary school so I wonder if I’ll get the same phone call

Has any got the postal address please?

Amazing 😍, congratulations 🎉

My scan date is 16/7 I called again today!! Can’t help myself!! And today I was told maybe before Christmas🫠🫠

Every time I’ve called I’ve been told a different date 😂 I called at 15 weeks and the lady on the phone told me I’d have a decision definitely at 17 weeks 🙄 and here we are still waiting been told early December

S/D 11/07. Congratulations to all the have been awarded. I hope that the rest of us will hear soon as this wait is becoming unbearable.😄

Seen a huge amount of positive decisions today on the Facebook pages. Usually Wednesdays and Fridays are big news days from what I've noticed. Hopefully they must have had a rocket up their butt's so fingers crossed for us all over the next few weeks 🤞

I wonder if there’s like one decision maker per type so one for renewals, one for COC, one for New claims, and one for MRs.
only way I can justify this longggggg wait😂😂😂
seen someone applying under special circumstances been waiting 20 weeks🤦🏽‍♀️

I'm driving myself mad now looking on here and Facebook 😬 I really do wish they would do it in actual order

Oooh this sounds promising! Keep calling to check. You never know! 🤞🏻

So I phoned today and asked since my date of application was 6/8 that they should honour this as it was a fault with their system that made it so that I had to post a hand written form which was scanned on 4/10, it’s completely not fair to put me at the back of the queue essentially when my date of application was 6/8.

the adviser said he will try his best - but even if they do change his SD to 6/8 does anyone think there will be a chance of this being done this year?

Also is it worth my while to press a different option rather than 2? Maybe 4? As everyone I have spoke to recently is genuinely so rude 😂 maybe it’s because I do call frequently but it is because I feel asif some of their practice with my application is unfair.

I was speaking to someone in Scottish child payment and it was like night and day how nice they were

Oh I definitely will now 🤣🤣 I'll be phoning at 9am to see if it's actually been changed xx

There's a possibility, just keep ringing and mentioning it. That's what I did. I'll let you know tomorrow if it's worked x

I clicked 4 today

That sounds really hard. Hats off to you for coping so well and doing the best for your kids and trying to get them the support they deserve. My 15 year old is a challenge shall we say. She is under RISE now to try and get her some help. My son goes to specialist school. It took them 5 months to find a school that would accept him. His attendance is awful but short of carrying him in I don’t see what we can do really.

I only knew from the last time k called as he said you called yesterday and wasn’t the same person. I said yes I want to know if you have my additional evidence or not 🥴😂

No they haven’t scanned it but I sent it freepost last Monday and another piece on Saturday so today I’ve resent but signed for. You can call them and say don’t make a decision until they have that evidence but then you risk having it taking even longer for a decision. I would call them and say you are waiting on some evidence and will submit asap and ask them to make a note of it

They can’t know for sure it’s only guesswork as they aren’t dealing with the caseloads. MR wait times are shocking. PIP ones are up to 15 weeks so 10 less than DLA.