Just four in every 100 disabled children are receiving their payments on time
Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions have revealed widespread delays to awards for sickness and disability benefits , with just four disabled children in every 100 receiving their payments on time in the last financial year.
"Since then, the service has had to service both high new claims volumes and the deferred renewal work which has led to longer processing times. We have increased the numbers of staff working on Child DLA to respond to increase new claims volumes, and clear cases in date order to ensure fair customer service.”
In a Work and Pensions select committee meeting last week, experts explained that this post-pandemic rise in disability, increasing from 16 per cent of the population to 23 per cent, was caused by a complicated rise in sickness from Type 2 diabetes, delayed mental health diagnoses and treatments, and the NHS' record waiting list for procedures like hip replacements.
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