State Pension and most benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) including Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) will increase by 3.1 per from today.
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Adult Disability Payment has started to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in three pilot areas across Scotland.
The launch of the new benefit means that people of working age with a disability, long-term illness or physical or mental health condition, living in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross or the Western Isles can now apply for disability assistance to Social Security Scotland instead of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for PIP.
And new claimants could have an award decision made within 10 weeks of applying for the benefit - if Social Security Scotland receives your completed application and all the information they need to make a decision.
The guidelines state: “Social Security Scotland aim to make a decision in 8 to 10 weeks, after getting your completed application and all the information they need to make a decision.”
However, if you have a terminal illness, they aim to make a decision within seven working days.
Social Security Scotland is also warning first-time claimants that the processing time may take longer due to “high demand” for the new benefit.
It said: “As Adult Disability Payment is a new service, some processes may take longer. Processing applications can also take longer because of high demand.”
By comparison, the latest figures released by the DWP show that the end-to-end turnaround time for new PIP applications is 22 weeks.
And you won’t receive an Award Letter to tell you about the outcome, it’s been replaced by a “notice of determination”, which is essentially the same principle as the PIP Award Letter as it will tell you whether your claim was successful or not and how much you will be paid.
If your application is successful, the letter will tell you:
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