DLA WAIT TIME THREAD 59

[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 121-4600 0800 121-4600
currently we are in July/August for decisions! xx

Do they work weekends? I thought all lines closed till Monday? Xx

They work weekend but u can’t phone only mon -fri x

Thank you 🙏

Honestly I had my best phone voice on and then they said it was Nutricia and I must have sounded so cheesed off because he went errr errr are you ok? 😂😂

Yes the are working weekends. Sometimes decision makers call you over the weekend too so if your date is approaching best to keep it on just in case🤞🏽🤞🏽

I would of ended the call right there and then rang back😂 fuming

That’s good to hear 🤞🏻 xx

I come on here every day just to see if you have good news
I hope you hear next week you really do deserve your answer as you’ve waited so long xx

I need to send in extra evidence.. I don’t know the reference number? Can I just put my and her names and address on top of the evidence?? X

It’s usually on a letter you received from them. If not put your national insurance number, but also your child’s name and D.O.B etc

I can’t find any letters 🤦‍♀️ I’ll try my NI number. Hopefully it will be ok x thanks x

They are working Saturday and Sunday. Last week someone had a text on a Sunday

Oh wow! Please lord give us some hope 😆 I am slightly obsessing over this now! Xx

Just want a response before Christmas. Would be nice to know if I’m going tribunal or not🤦🏽‍♀️

love this thread, everyone is so nice. Kept me sane x

Pretty sure someone had an issue putting their own national insurance number

Oh great!! Seen someone mention they won’t give it out over the phone either x

It must be the overtime they were mentioning. Any one had any good news on here or fb?

i think someone put their national insurance number and it didn’t scan onto their child’s, it was separate under their own NI. If that makes sense🤷🏽‍♀️😂 they had to get it then moved from under their NI and put onto the child’s claim.

I think you’re best off writing child’s name and DOB on every page instead. Maybe even address just so they can link it to your child.

The lines are shut but they are still working 🤞

It’s fine as long as you put in a cover note with your evidence explaining you don’t know the reference number and put you name and NI number then your child’s name and date if birth, because when I have phoned up if you don’t have the child’s ref to hand they ask for your NI number

I’m just simply saying from someone else’s experience that they put their child’s name DOB and their own NI number and it didn’t make it to the child’s claim. Obviously it’s up to the poster what they choose to do.

quiet on fb today for decisions x

That’s strange. Yes it’s up to the poster. I was just going on my experience. Hard to know what to do for the Best sometimes

the whole system needs updating tbf🤦🏽‍♀️ like Scotland is it? Where it’s done online and that. They would save so much time

Very quiet. Haven’t seen much today