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Work All Work guidance. Tool Budget Planner. Redundancy pay calculator. Universal Credit Find out how Universal Credit works and how to manage your payment. Tool Money Manager. Depending on their circumstances your child may qualify for one, or for both. The care component can be paid from age three months or from birth if terminally ill. The mobility component can be paid from the age of three years.
If your child needs a lot of extra watching over or help with personal care, they should qualify for the care component of DLA. This is paid at one of three different rates depending on how much extra care your child needs. Whether you get the care component and the rate you get will depend on the amount of extra care or supervision that your child needs and whether this happens during the day or at night. This is usually taken to mean for at least an hour on most days — for example, help with washing and getting dressed in the morning.
This help may be given all at once or be spread out through the day. Day-time needs means they need either:. And they must need substantially more help than a child of the same age without a disability. The mobility component is paid to children who need help in getting around. It is paid at one of two rates depending on the nature of the mobility problems. The lower mobility component can be paid from the age of five. It is for children who need extra guidance or supervision out of doors.
The higher rate of the mobility component can be paid from the age of three. It is for those with severe walking difficulties or those who are deaf blind or severely visually impaired.
There are also specific rules that allow some children with severe learning difficulties or autistic spectrum disorders to qualify for the higher rate of the mobility component. You can find out more in our free parent guide Disability Living Allowance — claiming the higher rate mobility component for children with learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorders [PDF]. To assess what rate of DLA should be paid, some of the words in the rules have a specific meaning:. Includes anything to do with how the body works, like breathing, eating, drinking, hearing, seeing, walking, sitting, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing, toileting and sleeping.
If the help can be done in another room, away from the child, it is unlikely to count unless it is closely connected to something personal, for example changing bedding after a child has wet the bed. There must be a realistic possibility that without supervision your child could seriously risk harming themselves or others.
This situation may arise infrequently or be a one-off. Starts from when the whole household goes to bed and ends when everyone gets up. Normally it is assumed to start around 11pm and end around 7am. This is because the form they send you will be date-stamped with the date you made your call and this will help ensure the benefit is paid from the earliest possible point.
Call our helpline for more details. The earliest it can be paid is the date the form was requested or issued from the DLA Unit, after which you are given six weeks 90 days during the coronavirus pandemic to complete and return the form.
If your child qualifies, DLA will be paid from the date it was stamped. We recommend that you keep a diary for a week before tackling the form. If possible get specialist advice from a welfare benefits adviser or someone else who is familiar with completing the form. Our national freephone helpline can put you in touch with local help to complete the form. You can search for local benefits advisers by using the Turn2Us find an adviser tool.
If more evidence is needed, they may write to your GP or hospital consultant. However, there is no guarantee they will do this so it can be a good idea to try and gather some supportive evidence yourself and send it to them. You should normally get a decision within three months. If your child is refused DLA or awarded it at a lower rate than you expected, you may wish to challenge that decision. Firstly you can ask for a decision to be looked at again. You must normally ask for this within one month of the date of the decision you are challenging, although late requests will sometimes be accepted.
If you are still not happy with the outcome of the mandatory reconsideration, you can request an appeal. You must do this in writing using an appeal form a different form is used in Northern Ireland. You must normally do this within one month of the date on your mandatory reconsideration decision, although late appeals will sometimes be accepted. Find out more about mandatory reconsiderations and appeals. Instead, getting DLA can lead to an increase in other benefits you receive or help you qualify for entitlements for the first time.
Even if you get DLA for your child already, you may find that getting an increased rate will lead to something else. If your child gets the middle or the highest rate of the DLA care component, you might start to be treated as a carer under the benefits system. Or, if you are getting Universal Credit , you can become exempt from having to take any steps to look for any work as condition of your claim.
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