Disability Living Allowance: Achondroplasia
Commons · Question 96763 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to improve access to Disability Living Allowance for children with achondroplasia.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 18 Dec 2025
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is available to children under the age of 16 who, due to a disability or health condition, have mobility issues and/or have care needs which are substantially in excess of a child the same age without the disability or he...