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...