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.

Congrats @Glitzxx so happy for you and your little one .

Does anyone know how long it takes for the decision maker at UC to award back pay?

Got a journal message today saying the claim had been sent to decision maker for backdating

Hi I’m new claim SD 19/11 for my 3 year old son who is non verbal with significant development delay, suspected asd. I’m the same and haven’t called based on responses on here. Sent some quite important info from school this morning first class signed so hoping it’s in time. I’m waiting to hear if my son will be assessed an an ehcp.
Best of luck to you x

Ive told my work coach for universal credit and he said hes gotta wait till hi end shows my dla rate then he can date it so not a clue and thank you i cried on the phone earlier 🤣

@Glitzxx see mines been added to the claim going forward already . So that took 3 days . So hopefully wont be long till yours is added and they can send the backdate claim to decision maker

Which email did you send to

The wait is awful, can’t face another decline

[email protected]

🌟 positive post 🌟
I called for the forms 12th September
filled and sent back around 22/10
got a scan date of 30/10
& a decision was made for my girl on 08/03!
Nearly 26 weeks from calling
but 18.5 weeks from scan date
MRC & LRM until her 16th bday in 2029!!
cried like a baby
it’s finally our turn 🥰

Yeah ive let them know i wont lie gonna miss these threads and talking to everyone x

Yes this is for my other child. So appeal requested in January and Dwp was meant to respond by 28/02 x

MR-SC 13/11/24
received a phone call today to confirm bank deatails and have been awarded finally! I received the “wait 15 weeks” letter two days ago and wasn’t expecting to hear back until May!
Good luck to you all!

They are taking so long! My SD for MR is 25/09/24. Was told it was with decision maker 4wks ago!

hopefully not much longer now! I’m preparing myself to put in another appeal!
good luck x

Fantastic news! Well done! Glad it was a quick turnaround for you x

I’m literally shaking and don’t know what to do with myself, decision maker just called and awarded my son HRC LRM after my MR 🥹 thank you everyone for listening to my moaning and stressing. And I want to wish all of you good luck and don’t stop fighting for you children for what they deserve x

S/D 29/10 awarded today HRC doesn't qualify for mobility yet due to being 2

Congratulations
what was your scan date

Original SD was May 24 MR 21st September

What did you put in your MR? I don’t know where to start 🙁

Well done for fighting them was your original claim a decline

Yeah declined it for not needing help with personal care.

It’s terrible
I don’t believe they read it properly if I am honest glad you got what your child deserves now

Yay! Fantastic news!

I went to citizens advice for help with mine

I honestly don’t think they do read half the stuff properly, the lady apologised on the phone, it’s so bad it’s taken basically a year to sort.

Well that one is the one they refused again and I have taken to appeal, I did my daughters one myself that I am currently waiting for but not holding out much hope! I requested a statement of reasons and then argued their reasons for refusing and backed up with evidence.