Question follow-through · 115844
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average processing time is for Mandatory Reconsiderations for (a) Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children and (b) other disability-related benefits.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average processing time is for Mandatory Reconsiderations for (a) Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children and (b) other disability-related benefits.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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4 Mar 2026
Answer published
Disability Living AllowanceFrom April 2025 to January 2026, the average actual clearance time for Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) for Disability Living Allowance for children was 121.7 working days.We have approved overtime and reallocated decision maker...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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