Child DLA timescale

Indie_Kid

john1002 wrote: »

twinkle40 you say your daughters on low rate in that case then she would not be entitled to any tax credit enhanced payment this only kicks in on middle or high rate DLA care.

Might be worth as suggested ringing to ensure you have been getting the right amount of tax credit and they don't think you are getting the middle or high rate.

john

The disability premium on child tax credits is for any child on any rate of DLA or registered blind. You also get a higher payment if the child is high rate care.

shinner

Hi all I have received award from DWP has been back dated has taken 15 wks in total. A long haul award is for 2yrs so in 15 months will have to start again. Hope this helps some of you.

Twinkle40

john1002 wrote: »

twinkle40 you say your daughters on low rate in that case then she would not be entitled to any tax credit enhanced payment this only kicks in on middle or high rate DLA care.

Might be worth as suggested ringing to ensure you have been getting the right amount of tax credit and they don't think you are getting the middle or high rate.

john

Iv always been honest and let CTC know every step of the way of our situation,my daughters DLA kicks in the disability element of CTC they know she's on the low rate and have always paid the DE.

Twinkle40

Indie_Kid wrote: »

The disability premium on child tax credits is for any child on any rate of DLA or registered blind. You also get a higher payment if the child is high rate care.

This is what I have always thought Indie Kid,never been told any different.

Twinkle40

shinner wrote: »

Hi all I have received award from DWP has been back dated has taken 15 wks in total. A long haul award is for 2yrs so in 15 months will have to start again. Hope this helps some of you.

15 weeks wow so there is hope then as we submitted ours early May but they only got back to us early June stating they had only just received our forms.
So the wait continues but glad you got yours sorted.

Indie_Kid

Twinkle40 wrote: »

15 weeks wow so there is hope then as we submitted ours early May but they only got back to us early June stating they had only just received our forms.
So the wait continues but glad you got yours sorted.

They can take longer if they need to contact anyone listed on the forms for medical evidence.

bargainsthatsme

I applied for DLA for my son and sent the form back on August the 11th. I know they can take a while to process but should I have received an acknowledgement as I haven't received anything.

spud04

We are still waiting to hear re a mandatory reconsideration for one of my identical twins. She went from high/high to outright refusal whilst her twin stayed on high/high. Our renewal date was January, we had the results on different days at the end of February and our reconsideration request went in around 7th March.


I held off telling Child Tax Credits as they quoted me a 10-12 week window and I thought we had a good chance of getting at least a level of dla reinstituted and if we didn't it wouldn't be a huge period for which we had to pay the money back. However when it came to the July renewal without a decision I obviously had to tell them. All that child's tax credit entitlement has been removed dating from the renewal time in January and we are receiving a much lower rate now to pay that money back. If the mandatory reconsideration (or indeed any subsequent appeal) goes in our favour then the money will be backdated to the January date. They won't keep paying you while you await a decision if you inform them.

spud04

Bargainsthatsme, contact them to check they have. The one time I didn't receive a confirmation the forms had got lost in the post. It's possible that because they are snowed under they haven't fully processed them yet but if they haven't been received you will obviously need to send them again. I have always photocopied the forms before I sent them but now I always send them registered post as well.

spud04

I've just spoken to the dla office who has told me that mandatory reconsiderations are currently taking a minimum of 26 weeks, but they are still looking at reconsiderations from January!


The most helpful thing she could say to me was that everybody else is in the same boat as I am.