Written questions

Disability Living Allowance

Commons · Question 74552 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 2 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

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

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 2 Oct 2025

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...