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Information about Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
Who an claim disability living allowance
Disability Living Allowance is a social security benefit that you may be able to claim if you are under 65 and have a long term health problem, mental or physical, that affects your everyday activities.
12 things that won’t affect your Disability Living Allowance claimMany
people, including some doctors, care workers and Department of work and Pensions staff, pass on information and opinions about Disability Living Allowance that aren’t correct. So, no matter what you’ve been told before, here are:
12 things that don’t affect your right to claim Disability Living Allowance.
1. You’re getting any other benefits - Disability Living Allowance will be paid on top.
2. You’re working.
3. Your partner works.
4. You have savings.
5. You have not paid any national insurance contributions.
6. You don’t consider yourself to be disabled - Disability Living Allowance is for people with long term health problems which affect their everyday activities.
7. You’ve been told by a doctor, nurse, care worker - or anyone other than a welfare rights worker - that you won’t get Disability Living Allowance. Eligibility for Disability Living Allowance is a legal question, not a matter of medical - or any other - opinion.
8. You live alone and no-one is providing care for you.
9. You already have someone, a partner for example, providing care for you.
10. You don’t want anyone to provide care for you.
11. You’ve been turned down before. Once you've looked at the information in our you may decide you could put forward a stronger case if you applied again.
12. You do not want to spend money on personal care: you can spend Disability Living Allowance on anything you wish.
Finally, to help you decide if you might be eligible to claim Disability Living Allowance why not try our five minute DLA tests:
five minute mental health DLA test for adults
five minute physical health DLA test for adults
five minute physical health DLA test for children under 16
Alternatively, find out how to download copies of the guides: the tests are in there too, along with details of how to make a claim and how to prepare for a home medical visit from a doctor sent by the Benefits Agency.
