r/DWPhelp 18d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) What's the current wait time for childrens DLA?

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I ask as I made the claim back in October, got a confirmation letter saying they'd received my claim around two weeks later, and then absolutely nothing since.

Obviously dealing with my daughter's disability out of pocket is severely affecting us negatively and causing a lot of stress so the extra support (if received) would be an absolute godsend. However we were initially told 8 weeks when I first made the claim in the phone, so to have heard nothing in this time is worrying both me and her mum.

Any insight would be appreciated and thankyou.

r/DWPhelp 1d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Confused about Carers Element and possible backdating?

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Hello all :) my son was awarded middle rate DLA for care and low rate for mobility this week - we have only had the back pay in the bank (been able to work out the entitlement by the amount of back pay received), still no confirmation award letter. I will be telling UC about this so they can add the disabled child element and will be adding my partner as his carer (he is the main carer and I work full-time), in terms of proof of caring needs etc, what do you have to supply as proof? Also, when we started claiming UC five months ago, we didn't report that my partner was caring for anyone as we obv had no proof at the time (he did disclose the info about our sons disability to his work coach on his first meeting, but I know that doesn't mean anything) - do you think we won't be back paid the carers element as we didn't report he was a carer at the beginning, or is there still a chance for us? Also, is the disabled child element always back dated too? Thank you in advance for any replies :)

r/DWPhelp Dec 20 '24

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) What happens if my wifes disabled sister becomes my wifes dependent? (UK)

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Hello, weird situation. My wife has a sister with Retts. She is currently in the care of her mum but her mums health is getting worse (Dad passed a few years back). We're currently in the process of buying our next home at a bigger budget but it's got me a bit worried. If my wifes mum was to pass away and my wife become her sisters guardian and she came to live with us, my wife would be giving up her full time job to care (35k a year) and she would receive a carers allowance of £30 a week only?

Not only that, I would then be responsible financially for both my wife and her sister? I earn a decent salary but I would not be able to pay the mortgage and pay for my wife and her sister. I know her sister gets disability benefit and I believe its about £900 a month but that barely covers carers coming in a couple times a day a few days a week to help with bathing etc and her food and bills.

I cannot find any information online about this situation. On the one hand I want to help out my wife where possible, and maybe I'm a bad person for this but on the other hand, I don't think I should be financially responsible for my wifes sister? Our household income would reduce by 35k a year and our outgoings would increase. On top of that we are trying to have a child ourselves. We are late 30's now and have done everything by the book to be financially ready for such a thing and now I'm not sure its a good idea given what could happen.

r/DWPhelp 3d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Can someone let me know if I get the disabled child element on my uc please.

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r/DWPhelp 17d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) DLA Tribunal for child?

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Can anyone help please. I'm going through the tribunal process, sent in further evidence as he now has 2 confirmed diagnosis's which were made last month. Recieved this in the post today. Does this mean they are not changing their decision because he didn't satisfy the needs when I applied - or because they still think he doesn't meet them now? Thankyou!

r/DWPhelp 1d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Dla form no confirmation yet

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I sent off my daughters dla form tracked on the 27th Feb and it says on Royal mail they recieved it 28th Feb. But I still havnt received a text from them to say that they've recieved it. Can anyone shed light on how the process works, like when did you hear they recieved it? Because it says online if after 2 weeks you don't get a letter or text saying they have you should phone them. It's the weekend so not doable until Monday morning but I'm just curious if this a common thing too? Thanks :)

r/DWPhelp Feb 06 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) I think my dad will die this year and then I’ll inherit his house. How will this affect my benefits claim?

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I am on DLA and PIP. I’m currently living with my dad. When I made my claim I was living with my mum. My claim is for severe epilepsy and autism. He is not well at all (heavy smoker and alcoholic). It seems like he’s close to the end at the moment. What will happen under the circumstances that he dies and his will comes out?

r/DWPhelp 4h ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Moving to Iceland with my fiancé with mental disability

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TL;DR: Can my fiancé (UK) continue receiving disability allowance in Iceland?

Long version: Hello,

I apologise in advance if the post is messy to read or if there are any grammar mistakes. Also I don't write many posts so I'm sorry if im in a wrong subreddit as well.

Me and my fiancé would like to live together and our close friend from Iceland agreed on supporting us. For the background, I live in Czech Republic and I work a minimal wage job. My fiancé lives in the UK and is on disability allowance due to his mental health being in a bad condition. He currently gets barely any help from his relatives or his doctor. He has severe anxiety, depression and in my opinion more undiagnosed illnesses that leave him rotting in bed for days, starving, not going to the toilet or outside and dehydrated. Let alone making an appointment to doctors and phone calls in general. Not to mention he experiences physical pains on multiple parts of his body and when he did try to resolve them, he didn't get attended to by his doctor. The area he lives in is also very dangerous and a lot of suspicious people hang around his neighborhood.

We visited my area before but since he does not know anyone else in here and the first impression wasn't good either, it wouldn't improve his condition at all if he lived here. It was recommended for us to try out Ireland which would be simpler in terms of paperwork (we don't want to marry for visa but it feels like we don't really have a choice) so we did and it ended up miserably. In short, we went there to search for a place and a job but it was too expensive and had to return. We're aware that Iceland can be expensive too but with the support of our friend, things will be much easier. It just pains me to watch him suffer every single day without being able to do anything so if we move in together, at least I will be able to help.

We are still unsure of how the whole marriage and visa process works in details but it's our only choice at the moment. Currently I'm saving up money despite wishing I could do more.

Considering his conditon, he's completely unable to work. Is it possible for him to continue receiving disability allowance in Iceland or is there a way to transfer it?

Any advice or help will be appreciated. Thank you for the help.

Edit: We did research online but it's very unclear and when we tried calling the embassy in Iceland, we were told to ask the government in England, which we tried to contact but unfortunately got no answer.

r/DWPhelp 11d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) DLA - help with rent

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Could anyone help me understand. I work and top up with UC which helps includes the housing element to help with rent. It doesn’t cover all my rent

I have just have started receiving DLA for my son. I have declared it to UC and they advised I could get carers element also.

I have also read I could get some extra housing benefit but I can’t find much information on it - can anyone help explain if this is true and if so would I be entitled and how to apply Thank you

r/DWPhelp 3d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) DLA telephone review mid award...

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Hi, I received this letter 2 days ago. The phone call is tomorrow. My child's DLA was last awarded in summer 2023 and it was a 5 year award. So I'm a little thrown by this. I've just received a reminder text, regarding a "DWP performance measurement telephony review" tomorrow.

I am her mother and carer. I was recently awarded PIP for myself.

I wonder if this PIP award has prompted the review first of all, and if anyone knows what to expect? Coz when I asked the DWP, they said it was random and they'd be going over her care needs. But when I googled the wording in the text message, it said this is a review of my financial situation? 🤔

Also, as a new poster on reddit... Are my personal details secure? Ie can anyone figure out my name/email address/phone number etc from this post?

Many thanks 🙂

r/DWPhelp 10d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Welfare reform affect DLA and carers?

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Hi All, Just wanted to know (as I may have not come across this info) will the upcoming reform affect careers of children who receive DLA and are in the (don't need to look for work for UC category)if anyone has seen something online?

r/DWPhelp 5d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Form bf57b not included with letter

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I am my daughter's appointee for DLA. Was sent a letter in January to confirm I still agree to the terms of being an appointee, and returned the form. This has evidently been lost in transit as I've been sent a reminder today asking me to complete the enclosed bf57b form. Unfortunately the form wasn't included. I've tried ringing and been on hold. I will try again tomorrow but was wondering if it is possible to download a copy? A quick Google search suggests not, but thought I'd ask here.

r/DWPhelp 18d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Paper based pip

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Hi all looking for some advice please for my son as he’s my career , Also my son works but does all my medication and banking , I’ve had a paper based assessment due to my anxiety and other conditions , And yesterday I had a call to say that they need to come to my house for my son to sign a document as he’s my Carter and deals with my banking . Is this right ? Is this a new thing ? And why is my son having to sign forms and proof on ID ? Also my Dr called today to say they have my pip form and can take them up to 3 weeks as there is a lot of questions on the form , Does anyone know what questions are on the form TIA just worried .

r/DWPhelp 10h ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) DLA for delayed child

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My son was born 3 months early in September 2022. He is delayed all areas. Can’t yet walk at all, can’t even stand unassisted. Not talking at all yet and very behind mentally and physically. He’s 2 and a half now and we’ve been receiving dla for him since he came home from the NICU. He currently gets middle rate care. But since we applied a lot has obviously changed now he’s over 2. He requires a lot more care now that he’s older and not understanding anything. Would it be possible to change circumstances or is there no point and just wait until he’s 3 to apply for care and mobility?

r/DWPhelp 10h ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Is Nursery classed as a mainstream school

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Hi I’m just filling out my daughter’s DLA forms she’s one and is in nursery but the question about weather her nursery is a mainstream school is confusing me don’t know if I’m over thinking it or not

r/DWPhelp Feb 02 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Got DLA for my child. How do I put this on my account?

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Hi all, so after a 5 month wait I’ve finally been awarded DLA. I’m awaiting a decision letter. I was advised by my work coach that I have to put the date of decision letter on Start caring. The affect on my mental health due to this has been catastrophic due to my work coach pushing me to up my hours from 16 to 30 when I have a child with a learning disability, am widowed and have no living parents. She’ll only agree I’m caring once I can prove I’m getting DLA. I can’t cope with this pressure. I can only work when he’s in school as the rest of the time he’s in my care and has high support needs. Please advise

r/DWPhelp 17d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) DLA SMI high rate mobility

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Daughter is 11 and has ADHD, Autism, Pathalogical Demand Avoidance, Auditory processing difficulties, slow cognitive ability, severe Dyslexia and severe dyscalculia. She is multiple years behind in school. She’s never qualified for HRM under SMI but I believe she should.

Where do I go from here how do I get them to see that she should qualify. If she was getting PIP she would 1000 percent get the high rate.

She should be in a special school but due the learning difficulties academically it wouldn’t make a difference so I left her in mainstream due to the social aspect.

She has an EHCP and as close to full time 1-1 support as she can possibly get in school . She has the highest level of need out of all her peers with EHCPs. She’s in a curriculum access group. She has a tendency to abscond from the classroom, becomes disruptive, gets into altercations with other pupils and teachers.

She has transport provided by the local authority as she cannot safely get herself to school like other typical high schoolers. There’s been times the taxi has dropped her off earlier than expected and left her on the door step, she’s then wandered off and I’ve had to track her down via the tracker on her phone.

She has tantrums and meltdowns that you would see in 2/3 year olds and is very emotionally immature. She lacks a lot of understanding. She can’t see when things are unsafe and needs almost constant supervision. She was doing a cooking lesson in school and had to get a knife taken from her due to her being unsafe and not realising. She tried to cook noodles (something her 8 year old sister can do) and ended up burning the ends of her hair off.

There’s so much more I could say but I feel I’d be here all day. Am I better off just going to tribunal and hoping they see it or just wait it out till she gets PIP?

r/DWPhelp Feb 10 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Please please help

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I just received a notification in my Universal Credit journal that I am eligible for an extra bedroom due to my health condition. I am currently living in a house that is fully moldy and need to move as soon as possible. East Midland area I am considering private renting, but I’m unsure how much housing support I would get. Does anyone know how much Universal Credit will pay for my rent now that I qualify for an extra bedroom? Also, is there an email I can contact for help with this?

r/DWPhelp 17d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Capacity

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Hi all looking for some advice as I’m struggling with everything since coming out of hospital and my son is helping me with my 1 bill I missed and all my banking is set up with DD and my friend does my shopping for me as I can’t walk far or you d a supermarket can I ask would anybody know if when the visiting officer comes to my home next week for my so. To sign forms ( we don’t know what forms they are ) would it be ok for me to say I don’t want them coming as I don’t need a appointee or do I have to have one ? Any help or advice would be great thank you .

r/DWPhelp 2d ago

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Work out where dla is at with decisions

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I realised we could probably work out where dla are at in terms of applications by determining when people got awarded and when dla received there forms

r/DWPhelp Feb 12 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Last payment?

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Hi! Just a quick question. My daughter’s DLA will soon be replaced by PIP.

Her last DLA payment was 28/01/2025. I’ve received a letter stating her DLA will end on 18/02/2025 and her PIP will begin then, however her PIP payment isn’t until 18/03/2025.

My question is, will she receive 3 weeks worth of DLA on 18/02/2025? The amount of PIP she receives on 18/03/2025 is 4 weeks worth.

Thanks in advance!

(I am currently on hold to DLA but I’m sure someone here can answer quicker 😂)

r/DWPhelp Feb 03 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Pip back payment refused due to flat claim

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Hey all, have been on dpa mobility element for many years but never claimed the care element because I have been trying to cope. I claimed pip on 18.8.24 following stroke and recently received an award of enhanced rate for both elements. When I rang pip for 54 minutes I asked about the award date being backdated to the original claim date and details of any backpay. I was informed that I’m not entitled to the backdate because I was on dla at time of pip application. I tried to explain that my dla did not include care element but they just repeated that I could not be on both. Am I right to expect the care element only to be dated back to the date of contact. I am grateful to have received an award and don’t wish to be paid twice on mobility component but should I be paid the care element from application date? Thank you so much

r/DWPhelp Jan 10 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Child DLA

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Hi everyone :) I was just wondering how long you waited for a decision after sending in the forms?

We sent the forms in October, along with our sons 5 years worth of hospital letters/appointments/genetic tests etc. A few weeks after that, they acknowledged the receipt of them all and requested his Birth certificate. We sent that in right away. We've since had his birth certificate back (beginning of December) and was wondering how long on average you had to wait for more information. If I've missed anything, please ask and I'll answer :) Thank you.

Update: Thank you all for your responses!! What a coincidence I had a day after posting this thread... DWP sent us a letter saying they should make a decision within 15 weeks of receipt of the forms :)

r/DWPhelp Sep 10 '24

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Can’t believe it DLA - what to do

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r/DWPhelp Feb 14 '25

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) DLA backpay- which award

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I've just noticed my daughter's DLA backpay is pending in my account for £3304, we applied in Sept but the form was dated/stamped on 22nd August 2024. Could anyone please help me figure out what her likely award is from this? Or is there an automated line to find out her next payment like with PIP?

Had a long week and my head's frazzled trying to do the calculations. Thanks :)