Guide to maximum delays for dealing with benefits
Benefit Name |
Delay in months |
| Attendance Allowance
|
7
|
| Attendance Allowance (special rules)
|
1
|
| Bereavement Allowance
|
4
|
| Bereavement Payment
|
1
|
| Carer's Allowance
|
9
|
| Disability Living Allowance
|
7
|
| Disability Living Allowance (special rules)
|
1
|
| Incapacity Benefit
|
4
|
| Incapacity Benefit - for people incapacitated in youth
|
9
|
| Income Support
|
2
|
| Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
|
12
|
| Jobseeker's Allowance
|
3
|
| Maternity Allowance
|
5
|
| Retirement Pension
|
8
|
| Social Fund - Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans
|
3
|
| Social Fund - Funeral Payments
|
5
|
| Social Fund - Sure Start Maternity Grants
|
3
|
|
