DLA Wait Times Autumn 2026

[Kirstylou91]

NC - New Claim
SD - Scan Date
R - Renewal
MR - Mandatory Reconsideration
COC - Change Of Circumstances

LRC - Low Rate Care
MRC - Middle Rate Care
HRC - High Rate Care

LRM - Low Rate Mobility
HRM - High Rate Mobility

A forum to discuss DLA wait times & any other advice or questions regarding DLA

My daughters NC was super fast this year sent forms off 16th March special tracked delivery, her SD was 3/6 had payment in my bank 10/6 rang up as couldn’t believe how fast it was decision was made on 7/6 💛

sent my sons renewal of Friday 25th September- let’s see how long renewals take 💛

Hi op I started a thread on here as it seemed very quiet and there were only a few of us on there. My dd is 15 and I finally sent off forms for NC after requesting them 13 times over the last 2 years. SD 24th August.

today is 5 weeks since SD. Heard so many variations timescales here and on Reddit.

Have u called to ask for an update as they can tell u if its in a holding que or with a decision maker or if a decision has been made 💛

NC scanned on 20/07. Rang today and no decision has been made yet. I’ve seen people with similar scan dates on FB groups getting decisions, but that doesn’t really mean anything, and just makes it more frustrating that I’m still waiting! Obviously I know it can be up to 25 weeks, was just hoping for a quicker decision!

You should hear soon all Iknow is they don’t do them
in order which is so frustrating, I sent my
sons renewal of Friday received the txt this afternoon which is super quick , normally takes a few weeks for them to scan it onto their system,
Renewal SD 28/6 💛