Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

Here you will find all our resources to help you get the right amount of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for your child if they have a health condition, impairment, or disability.  

We explain how entitlement to Disability Living Allowance works and what to do if you get a decision ou think is unfair.  We have a tool to support you to ask for a DLA mandatory reconsideration effectively, and if that doesn't work, we have all the help you need to appeal and win. 

We also have a guide for professionals writing evidence for DLA applications or appeals, and step-by-step help to write a statement for the tribunal.

According to research, 90% of people who used our tools and guides to challenge a decision succeeded in getting the decision changed at the mandatory reconsideration stage or tribunal.

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I want to apply for DLA

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How DLA care and mobility components work
Understand what entitlement to DLA is based upon, how the different rates work, and what you will need to show in your application to get the right amount of benefit.
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How to apply for Disability living allowance
The best information available from elsewhere to help you apply for DLA successfully.

I got an unfair DLA decision

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Ask for a mandatory reconsideration of your child's DLA decision
Our self-help tool makes it easier to challenge an unfair decision about your child’s DLA effectively. Do it today.
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How to challenge a DLA decision for a child - what to do
Everything you need to know about mandatory reconsiderations and how long it will take.

I want to appeal a DLA decision

(I have a mandatory reconsideration decision)

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How to appeal a DLA decision
What you need to do to ask for an appeal and increase your chances of having the decision changed before the hearing
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DLA appeal process
Understand what to expect and when
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How to write a statement for a DLA tribunal
Make your appeal hearing less stressful by writing a statement setting out your child’s case, so you don't have to remember what to say on the day.

I am going to a DLA appeal hearing

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DLA tribunal hearings
Everything you need to know about what will happen at the hearing, what to do on the day, and when you will get the decision.
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Supporting a friend or family at a DLA appeal hearing?
What you can do to help at a DLA appeal hearing

I want to learn about how DLA works

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DLA care and mobility needs
Understand how to explain the support your child needs that another child their age does not so that you get the right amount of benefit.

I want to find an adviser

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How to find an adviser to help with your child’s DLA claim
Finding an adviser is not always easy. Most peope have to do most or all of the work themselves. But here are our tips for where to try.

Appeal a DLA decision - printed guide

Receive a high-quality printed guide that includes all of the advice on this page straight to your door. Printed and dispatched within 2 working days and posted 2nd class. 

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If you have been given the wrong Disability Living Allowance decision
DLA mandatory reconsideration tool

Our tool makes it easier to challenge a decision about your child’s claim for Disability Living Allowance. It creates a letter for you to tell the DWP why they made the wrong decision. 

Our research shows that using this tool more than doubles your chance of getting the decision changed at this stage.

Can't find what you are looking for?

Getting free one-to-one advice about benefits is hard. All advice services are extremely busy. We are here  to help everyone who cannot get in at an advice service and cannot afford to pay for legal help.

We give you the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need to deal with the issue yourself, or with the help of friends or family.  If you need more help than you can get from our advice guides and self-help tools, we explain how to try to find advice.

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