DLA Support
Applying for Disability Living Allowance for a child can involve a lot of information about their care, supervision and mobility needs. Our DLA Support service gives parents and carers a guided online journey to help explain the extra support their child needs.
Support throughout your child’s DLA journey
Tell us about your child, their everyday needs and the help they receive. Your secure DLA Support area guides you through the relevant questions, evidence and next steps, and continues with you if the claim moves on to a decision, Mandatory Reconsideration or appeal.
How we can help
The service helps you organise the information needed to explain your child’s additional care and mobility needs.
- Guided questions based around the child DLA form.
- Help to explain daytime care, attention and supervision.
- Help to record night-time needs and support.
- Guidance around walking and supervision outdoors.
- Space for real examples and supporting evidence.
- Support with decisions, reconsideration and appeal if needed.
What the service does not do
DLA Support helps you prepare and organise your information, but there are some important boundaries.
- We cannot guarantee that DLA will be awarded.
- We do not decide which care or mobility rate should be awarded.
- We do not provide legal representation.
- We do not replace the official DWP claim or appeal process.
- Tribunal attendance is not included as standard.
What we look at
Child DLA looks at the additional help, care or supervision a child needs compared with another child of the same age.
Help with personal care, eating, dressing, washing and everyday activities.
The supervision needed to keep the child safe throughout the day.
Waking, supervision, settling and help needed during the night.
Prompting, support and additional help with communication or understanding.
Physical walking difficulties and age-appropriate mobility considerations.
Guidance, supervision and support needed when outside or on journeys.
Who is this service for?
DLA Support is for families making or managing a Disability Living Allowance claim for a child under 16.
- Parents and carers starting a new child DLA claim.
- Families who already have the official paper form.
- Families waiting for a DWP decision or follow-up.
- Families considering Mandatory Reconsideration or an appeal.
Designed to be manageable
You do not have to complete everything in one sitting.
- Save your progress and return later.
- Use a phone, tablet or computer.
- Upload supporting evidence as you go.
- Explain needs using your own real-life examples.
- Only see questions relevant to your child and current stage.
Your DLA Support journey
Information already provided stays with the case as it progresses, so you do not have to keep starting again.
Provide the basic information needed to start the secure DLA journey.
Tell us whether you have requested, downloaded or already received the DLA form.
Work through care, supervision, night-time and age-appropriate mobility questions.
Upload useful documents and include real examples of the help your child needs.
Review the information brought together to support completion of the official form.
Record the DWP decision and continue into reconsideration or appeal without repeating everything.
Would you like our support?
Complete the form below to start DLA Support for a child. The official DLA claim must ultimately be made and signed by an eligible parent, carer or appointee.
Service fee: £30.00
After entering the details below you will continue to secure payment. Once payment is complete, the guided DLA journey will open.