Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 74552

Disability Living Allowance

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 2 October 2025

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the delays in decisions on Disability Living Allowance claims.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We have seen unprecedented demand in new claims to the DLA Child service line. Additional resources have been deployed, and cases are cleared in date order to ensure fair customer service. As a result, we are seeing improvements in our processing times f...

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