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

That exactly me the hour wait time for no sorry can take weeks to be scanned on 🤣🤣👍👍 love Mondays 🤣🤣🤣

It was me this happened to. I have never applied for DLA for myself and this is my first time claiming for my son. It had been put under my NI number on the system as I was told to put that on the extra evidence with my son’s details. At the time I hadn’t received the letter with his reference number on. I hope yours gets sorted.

They tried to fob me off with this as well. Even though I said it’s been 4 weeks since you received it!

Thankyou did you have a claim
opem in your name or anything? I am struggling to understand how our national insurance numbers would make a difference but I am definitely going to be phoning tomorrow to ask them to check I’m waiting on this so dm can finish my claim x

This is exactly what they told
me to do thankyou so much for messaging on here o will chase them tomorrow and hoping it’s on my name then if not my sons claim or I’ll have to send again at the cost of £9 again x

No nothing. Apart from child benefit we don’t receive any other benefits so I was surprised how they scanned it onto my file which I didn’t know I even had! My SD is 26/10 so I have a long wait ahead. Just sending in extra evidence as I receive it.

Fingers crossed you get it sorted.

Yeah this is exactly me although I do get universal credit but no nothing on my journal I’ll chase tomorrow and see what they say if all else fails I’ll send again without my national insurance number on this time x

I knew it was someone in this thread! It’s amazing because if we wasn’t on here we wouldn’t know this sort of thing happens and you’re proof it does so thank you🙏 educating each other as we go I love it! You people are great honestly

Thankyou ladies I wouldn’t have never known without you both. Let’s see what they make up tomorrow 🤞🤞

It’s strange isn’t it. When you phone DLA they ask for you NI number when you have not got your child ref number hand. So you would think they couldn’t possibly cock it up on the paperwork u send in. Especially if paperwork refers to child. I hope they find yours @Chels2020

Hopefully with any luck they’ll say it’s scanned on🤞🏽🤞🏽

Any news on renewals at all. Thanks

Hi SD 05/08 NC I received a text to say my child qualifies today, would have been 19 weeks tomorrow waiting time. Does anyone know roughly when back pay is paid once text has been received?

Yeah I know I’m just gunna have to see what they say tomorrow hopefully it’s on my sons claim if not if it’s on mine I hope they can swap it over save myself another £9 🙈🙈

Yeah fingers crossed 🤞🤞

First off congrats to you and your child!
its 3-5 days for payment so I would expect it Wednesday but give till at least Friday x

Don’t really know much on renewals however I’ve seen people having them come back about a month ahead if that makes sense, but give up until renewal date if not before

She swapped it over on mine. I’m going to double check when I call to see if the new lot of evidence I sent has been scanned on!

Ah that’s good then fingers crossed did you just explain and ask them to check your file? Never been in this situation so not sure what To say x

It was the lady who I spoke to who suggested that was what could have happened. I wouldn’t have even thought they could scan it on to my file by mistake. She checked under my NI number and saw it was there so said she would swap it onto my son’s application.

congrats think it should be in your account mid week x
this is the only reward i seen over the weekend it’s been really slow!

Yes it’s been very quiet this weekend. Hopefully a lot more through the week.

Does anyone know what happens when I have left a message on uc journal asking for disability payment and carer element back dated it says need to verify child's details even though child already on claim what does that mean

I did the same on Friday, 2 kids on my claim, one just been awarded in the last week. Yesterday I had a message on my journal saying both kids had been verified (don’t know why they needed to reverify both kids as I only made a change for one but maybe they do it as standard). I assume it just means that they’ve confirmed that the kid whose been awarded has been confirmed as being in receipt of DLA and so now I hope that they’ll respond to my message asking for back pay