DLA WAIT TIME THREAD 62

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Please feel free to add your scan date and whether it's a new claim/mandatory reconsideration/change of circumstances or renewal.
New claims (NC) - people are being told the wait time has increased to 25 weeks! I would say most are done before this though around the 20 week mark?
Mandatory reconsideration (MC) and Change of circumstances (COC) is around 20-25 weeks.
Renewals tend to be between 15-20 weeks.
If you disagree with the outcome of an MR you can appeal and go to court (tribunal)
Scan date is the date DLA scan your application forms on to their system, if you downloaded your application forms then this will be from when your award will be backdated from. If you called up for forms then the date on those is the date yours will be backdated from.
If successful and claiming universal credit (UC) please update them as this will entitle you to disabled child element adding extra to your award.
DLA contact number is 121 4600 0800 121 4600

For sending extra evidence the address i was given is:
Disability Centre 4
Post handling site B
Wolverhampton
WV99 1BY

My SD is 13/09 so pretty close to yours. Fingers crossed not too much longer!

My son fit both criteria, they didn’t award on SMI cause they said he doesn’t require restraining in all settings which is a lie, even school confirmed they restrain, which can be hand holding, re direction, removal from the room due to being deregulated, carrying him around school and so on🤦🏽‍♀️
I sent EHCP, ed psych report, nursery report, nursery manager report, nursery letter explaining what my son is like outdoors, risk assessment, diagnosis report, paediatrician consultation, and then the decision maker rang his school that he started in September and asked them questions over the phone x

@Kc1999x the same as me x I just don't feel comfortable them ringing as I just feel they aren't educated on hrm and may think it's not an entitlement for them and they could ruin the chance, I have evidence but I haven't told the school what I'm claiming for because it's non of their business really x
Hopefully mine goes well x thank you hun x

i did tell the school tbf, I asked a few weeks before for a supporting statement and sent my sons teacher who is the SENCO the flow charts, but she didn’t finish it in time and either way they called her anyways. The senco and his 1:1 agreed that they can’t see why he was declined in the first place, same case as his previous senco at the nursery. However I’ve seen a lot of cases where it’s the school who are contributing to people getting declined so I don’t blame you one bit. Your evidence should speak for itself anyways if they read it properly. Good luck and I hope you have a positive outcome x

@Kc1999x thanks hun yeah it is the schools fault, because they are uneducated and assume hrm is for those who cannot walk/wheelchair which is true but there are criteria for behavioural and vuw x
I have so much evidence from service involvement like ot and gp so if it does go against me, not all of them and me can be wrong x so I'll argue x

I’ve had the “sorry we haven’t given you a decision yet” letter today. SD 19/11 NC. Letter still says 15 weeks!

Congratulations on the awards today 🥳🎊 seems like a slow day, still being told mines not with anyone so one to another day tomorrow and fingers crossed it picks up again 🤞🤞🤞 good luck everyone

SD 4/9 NC (19 weeks today)

Heard nothing as of yet and only rang once at week 4 to check the form had been received .
Resisting ringing until 25 weeks , with anticipation that I will hear something before we get there 🙈.

Fingers crossed our children get what they deserve 🤞🏽.

sd 4/10 nc
ive finally had my sons diagnosis report for ADHD and Tourette’s stilll waiting for the autism diagnosis! I’m still debating on whether to send the report and maybe a weekly diary as extra evidence or am I too late?!

I did call back! They said it was waiting for the system to update so couldn’t tell me rates but did say that she could see that my son had been awarded!! She said to call back tomorrow once the systems had updated and they would be able to give me more information xx

They have been slow with these dates today

I'm glad to see you have been awarded 😊

Rang at 4 after been told it was with a dm this morning, lady apologised and said I shouldn’t of been given the wrong information because it isn’t with a dm and still in queue , said she would put a note on to be looked at asap but I doubt it

Great news. Give us an update tomorrow with how you got on x

Scandate 18/9. Have spent another whole day from 9-330 including travel attending hospital appointments. Still not heard anything and like others worried I didn't put enough on her form. My daughters needs are mainly medical but she does need extra care as a result

SD 22/8

Hey I'm just after a bit of hope.
I had a call from DLA today asking the reason for the forms being sent in late. They was supposed to be returned on 9/8 . The man was lovely and explained it wouldn't impact payment rates if my child was to be accepted but it would affect the start date of the claim. He then said I should have my decision in the post shortly. Does this sound like it's been accepted or have I totally messed everything up by sending forms in late?

TIA.

Hi does anyone know how the extra uc payment works if we are awarded dla? I can't figure out if it's awarded based on if you get the care part dla or the mobility part. Its confusing because It doesn't mention the middle rate, it just says if you get lower or higher dla. So is it only if you get the mobility part?
Or if it is based on the care part dla what happens if you are awarded middle rate, do you get the higher or lower extra uc rate?
I'm confused even writing this so if it doesn't make sense I apologise 😅

LRC&MRC you’ll get the £156 on uc a month, HRC you’ll get the 400+ on uc a month. MRC&HRC means you’ll be entitled to the carers element each month aswell

It does sound like the decision maker called you. If you have time tomorrow you can call in to see if you have been awarded. As people around that date have been recieving outcome in the last week. They would only call to confirm the reason and they may/may not backdate to when you called for the forms. Good luck x

Also if a child is awarded just the mobility component and no care you’ll still be able to claim the £156 uc a month. If that makes sense

Uc is so complicated I’ve still heard nothing back about my backpay! X

@Kc1999x thanks that's really helpful, I'm just trying to do a few calculations on the possible various outcomes and there's so many variables to consider!

omg no way. Thought you would have had it by now. Put a complaint in, they usually pull their finger out pretty quick after that😅

They sent me that lovely message on the 8/01 asking why it took me so long to report! The cheek of them so I responded and they replied same day to say they have sent to a decision maker for review so a week later and still nothing x