Disability Living Allowance: Standards
Commons · Question 9515 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Sarah Olney
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the rate of disability living allowance claims processed dropped between (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2023-24.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Oct 2024
DWP has seen a substantial increase in claims for Disability Living Allowance (Children) since Covid-19, and this upward trajectory continues. This has resulted in increased pressures on early years services for children with additional needs and neurodiv...