DLA WAITING TIMES THREAD 66

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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.

Congratulations i know you have been waiting a while. Did you send much evidence? Im 22/11 so still currently waiting.

Thank you! I sent his ND referral forms from 18 months ago (still on the waiting list for assessment!), school IDP (in Wales so EHCPs aren’t a thing here) and other docs from school, plus his old Play Plan from nursery and supporting letters from the school and his holiday club. Other than that I just sent a letter from myself answering lots of the questions in great detail with examples. We don’t have a diagnosis yet or any medical evidence so hopefully this is reassuring for those in the same boat!

Thank you for the reply 😊 that’s exactly
how I’m feeling. My last payment is due 15/04 so im going to call after that. At first it was nice having an end date but the closer it gets the worse it gets! I’ll keep a look out for you 🤞🏻

Was your MR a turn over or you just put in now for MR

Nc 21/11 called yesterday looking at another 6 weeks lady said on phone.

Congratulations!!! And everyone else who's had their backpay/decision. It's been such a long wait for you all ❤️

My scan date is 1/11 for COC has anyone else with the same heard anything?

Im 28/09 and nothing yet.

NC SD 21/11. Called this morning, have extra evidence to send and wanted to make sure that using the freepost address wouldn't miss any decision. Wishful thinking. No update, still in holding queue. Agent reiterated that new claims are a 25 week wait.

Oh wow! Still a wait then, have you phoned at all?

Sc 26th September mr 24 weeks 5 days still no decision iv rang they said they've got till the 20th to make decision

I think it's backdated to the same date your award has been backdated to! And I think you can get carers element of UC as well, it's different to carers allowance and I don't think it goes on ours/income but not 100%!

I called last week it wasnt even with anyone yet still in a queue so i'm trying to wait until next monday to call again.

someone in here got their coc decision last week sd 16/09 so im about 2 weeks behind that

I just had a very lovely lady phone me to go through a few things I had put on my form regarding the care I give my son. She said I will hear a decision within the next week by letter but couldn’t tell me one way or another. I’m 28 weeks today n/c.

Finally found the letter with my scan date on. It's 5/12 SD NC. So probably still a few more weeks at least but I think I hit 15 weeks next week.

Oh how interesting I just came off the phone to them as I wanted to know if they had received the extra evidence I sent off. He said mine is currently with a dm but can also take up to 25weeks 🤣 hate this process

Ive seen claims from 15/11 be awarded so personally i would not send evidence this close to your claim being checked by the freepost address, if possible i would send next day recorded. If you do the freepost it can take up to 2 weeks to receive and a further 6 weeks for them to scan it on to the system x

Mine was MR I put in in September

Woah no way ?! They surely wont pay out basically what I got for my MR id be in shock!! X

I’m COC 27/09/2024. Rang on the 6th and it hadn’t been looked at.

Hi All, I was awarded dla in Nov 23
first question does anyone know when they will send out renewal forms for Nov 25? As I know it takes months from first time around..

also wasn’t aware I was entitled to carers element so have been awarded back pay for this but since the DM awarded UC have completely ignored me.. not replying to journal messages and when I call it gets escalated but still no messages.. does anyone know how to make a complaint etc?

I'm 31/10 COC and still waiting to hear as well!

MR 17/10/24 ... 22 weeks .. been allocated blah blah blah, he was badly reading from a script and I said your reading from a script aren't you ... he awkwardly laughed and continued reading it followed with you do not need to call back I said ... yeah I kinda do it's nearly been a year since I first applied. Another week another call 📞 😌 🙃

@Leigh3 I’m 31/10 coc and nothing
think they taking the full 25wks x

@Mumof31171 congratulations on your award.. Are you in England? If so what area please 💫