Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board (Northern Ireland)
What we do
The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for Northern Ireland is an independent statutory body set up in 1992 to advise the Department for Social Development and the Social Security Agency on matters relating directly to Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
The Board meets in full at least three times a year and holds regular smaller meetings to study a particular disability or aspect of DLA/AA as commissioned by the Department.
The Board also holds occasional workshops for Social Security Agency staff and Medical Officers at which its members give help on topics causing difficulty.
The Board’s remit
The Board has three main functions:
- to give advice to the Department of Social Development on matters as it may refer
- to give advice to Medical Officers of the Department dealing with Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance on any cases or questions which they refer to the Board and
- to present an Annual Report on its activities over the year to the Department
As a public body, the Board is required to consider requests for information made to it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000(FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulation (EIR). For further details see the DLAAB Publication SchemeContact Us
The Board is not part of the Decision Making process for benefits and has no power to intervene in individual claims for Disability Living Allowance. The Secretariat are therefore unable to help with any enquiries about caims to Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance or Carers Allowance.
Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board
Castle Court
Royal Avenue
Belfast
BT1 1DF
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