DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 55

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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

8th for new claim. So 20 weeks on Monday but seen so many passed my date been awarded xx

Peeing on the seat 🤦‍♀️ my boy is 16 in 2wks....its like he uses a sprinkler! Never puts the seat up and when he does its the exact same on the seat...how, I have no idea! 😫 the wallpaper and paint picking is interesting to read, I just thought he was a destructive little swine. I've stood and watched mine do it, it's like he's talking to me but his hands have a mind of their own and he has no control of what they're doing if that makes sense to you. It's almost like an autopilot thing. Xx

When I first applied for DLA I used it to pay for a specialist pre school setting for the first two years for her & I topped it up with my own money, She’s since left there now but I buy her what she needs but I don’t make it obvious to my other children, So long as all your children have what they need, Of course they will benefit too that’s what being a family is after all xXx

Thank you for this my son of awarding will have weekly guitar lessons. Which other kids won’t realise so to say. I just think I’m over thinking it as I don’t want to make my other children think he has more but he does have more money, than them. That’s coming from a working family with 4 children it’s hard x

evening all, do you know what date we are approx on at the moment. Mine wasn’t scanned till August so a while yet but just trying to gauge where they are at. Thank you in advance

seen dates 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 11th 12th 14th of July been done - so a bit of a mix xx

Decision made today on ours at exactly 21 weeks, MR started 26/6, hope this helps!

I definitely think you have time yet it could be any point this week, hopefully it is and you aren’t waiting longer like me 😂

Were you successful?

Mines was scanned 06/08 and I’m constantly asking myself the same thing, I’d just love to know the likely hood whether it’ll be done this year or not but when you call you get told so many different things

Hi, congratulations on your award. You can claim carers allowance which is worth £81.90 a week if your weekly income is less than £151 I believe it was. Add a note in your journal to let them know your child has been awarded, what rates and the date the claim was backdated too. They will then owe you any money due. Regarding the carers element, it’s a question I’ve asked recently on here. I have sent a message in the journal. They will ask if you are caring for your child for 35 or more hours per week and then add a carers element worth around £200 per month. You would need to ask them to backdate this, it’s sent to a decision maker for consideration. Ours is slightly different as we have done it for my husband being my carer but he is over the £151 threshold so we’ve asked for the carers element on UC and not carers allowance which isn’t included in UC, it’s paid separately. I’ve been told on here that it won’t make us worse off despite hubby working full time. It has gone to a decision maker to see if they will backdate it. I hope that helps a little x

I would say we haven’t decided yet! When you have a child with additional needs, the whole family tends to be impacted so if it brings happiness to all that’s perfect too!

Iv been reading a bit online it’s so confusing, so Iv read there’s carers element (uc) child element (uc) and then carers allowance that’s separate but if you claim the carers allowance it could effect the child element.. why is it so confusing 🫤 x

On uc there is disabled child element (1 rate for hrc and a lower rate for mrc/lrc) and carers element (if you care for more than 35 hours a week.
A separate benefit is carers allowance that you can only claim if you earn below a certain amount. This is taken pound for pound from your uc, however it provides you national insurance stamp for your future pension. Its paid weekly. So you're no better or worse off but if you don't work it's worth it for your ni stamp.

i can’t remove, can you not edit to delete? It has edited the information out and the hospital now. I think it’s fine now. xx

It is confusing! That’s correct, the value of carers allowance (they go by an average) is deducted from your UC entitlement.

I was too scared to ask the CM when she rang 😂 so will ring in the morning and find out

I’m going to send DD10 EP report off. It says about adding the ref no to the extra sheets of evidence. Is this on the letter we get acknowledging receipt of the claim form?

Does anybody know the requirement of mobility if you’re claiming for a 3 year old? I’m confused because it seems like the website says that a 3 year old can only be granted HRM but if your child’s 5 or over they can get LRM. So confused 😖 x

Positive post! S/D 11/07, woke up and I can see a pending transaction from DLA due for tomorrow. I can't believe that the wait is finally over. Good luck to everyone and I hope that everyone gets this outcome.

At 3 a child can only get HRM, at 5 you can qualify for both. There’s several routes to go down for mobility under 5. But it is extremely hard to get they are so strict

Congrats!!!!

Hey guys could I ask some advice? My son is diagnosed autism and he is struggling with a ta in school,
he is stimming so bad as she took his break away the other day for talking when he said he wasn’t it was another child talking to him, this has really affected him. She told him off on the first day back at school in September and he never met her before for tapping a pen on the table. I have informed senco but nothing seems to be being done.
unfortunately when my son stims it involves licking lips to an point he makes them so chapped and sore. We are currently at this point. His lips are so bad, and he isn’t stopping, I feel like giving him a couple days off school to heal his lips as it’s windy and cold as well, it will get worse.
they are splitting and bleeding, it’s so horrible to see and he isn’t stopping coming home from school with them worse everyday. I’m treating them with Vaseline etc but it’s not helping.
i just don’t want to get in the habit of time off when he struggling with something if get me as we could then have school refusal.
he is a twin as well and my other son will have to go school.
I just don’t know what to do.
also children are laughing at him saying boys don’t wear lipstick, I’m angry as well to be honest as this is a bloody ta fault

Hi all,
Been lurking for a little while.
SD 14/08 NC.
Rang yesterday as we have changed GP so needed to report change. Gentleman on phone told me I was in holding queue 3, which he said means I'm 3 away from main queue??? Said I should hear something by mid December.

I'm in the process of tribunal for my 3yo on mobility side.
You can only claim hrm for under 5s. I was told it was due to the amount of supervision guidance and awareness of dangers any under 5s have.
To get hrm they need to be virtually unable to walk or have a severe mental impairment.
As been said above, they are so strict and generally decline the claim (hence I'm now at tribunal stage)
I had consultant paediatrician write supporting letter stating his severe mental impairment and occupational therapy state how my son is. Along with the documents for his sedatives, padded helmet and safe space bed.
I've now gone all the way as he does fit all 6 criteria under the smi rule.
Here's to the next set of waiting for me x