Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to recruit staff to process claims for Disability Living Allowance for children.

There is planned recruitment into Disability Living Allowance for children in Quarter 4 of 2023/24. This recruitment activity is progressing for both AO Case Workers and EO Case Managers. There are also plans to supplement the external recruitment with resource from the Flexible Resource Team.