What is the best way to ask for a DLA mandatory reconsideration for a child?

The best way is to use the Advicenow DLA Mandatory Reconsideration Letter Tool, which helps you explain how much more help your child needs with each activity compared to a child of the same age - the central legal test for DLA.

Universal Credit sanction anytime revision letter tool

England, Wales and Scotland only

February 2026

This free tool will write you a letter that explains why you should not have been given a sanction and asks for the decision to be revised.

It does not matter how long ago you were given the sanction. You can challenge it now, using this tool to ask for an anytime revision.

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Almost all sanctions can be successfully challenged.

Even if you have already explained why you had good reason for the error, it is still worth asking for a revision and (if necessary) appeal.

How to use this tool

Log in to use this letter tool to explain again why you should not have been given a sanction. You can save your progress and come back to it if you need to.

Please log in or create an account to submit this form

Why challenge a sanction?

Every sanction should be challenged.
Most sanctions are overturned if challenged.
If your sanction is overturned, you get your money back.
If you are sanctioned again, it won’t be for a longer period.

Things to deal with first

We know that if you’ve been given a sanction, your priority is how to survive with little or no benefit.

What to do if you have been given a sanction shows you what you need to do immediately (apply for a hardship loan, find a food bank, speak to your bank etc). Come back to this tool after you have followed those steps.

We are sorry you are going through such a stressful time and have made these resources to help you.

Advicenow's benefit letter tools

PIP mandatory reconsideration letter tool

DLA mandatory reconsideration letter tool

Work Capability Assessment mandatory reconsideration tool (UC or ESA)

UC sanction anytime revision tool

Work Capability Assessment tribunal submission tool (UC or ESA)

We created these tools to help claimants and those that support them to challenge unfair benefit decisions effectively, even if they cannot get help from an adviser.

We are delighted the impact and effectiveness of these tools was recognised by them being a finalist in the Tech4Good awards, Financial inclusion category 2026.

Our free Mandatory Reconsideration tools help thousands of people challenge unfair benefit decisions.