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18.04.2024 - 03:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A disabled child died while waiting over a year to have their application for a new devolved benefit processed.
Nine kids have tragically passed away as they waited for approval from Social Security Scotland on the vital Child Disability Payment.
Labour MSP Paul O’Kane said: “These heartbreaking cases hammer home the importance of getting social security right. It is simply harrowing that children have died while waiting for support they were entitled to.”
SSS, the Dundee-based government agency, is in charge of a raft of benefits after social security became a shared power with Westminster.
Some benefits remain with the DWP, while others covering children and disabled people are a matter for the devolved agency.
Over 70,000 children and young people receive CDP, but we revealed last year that applicants were waiting months for approval.
New figures show the heartbreaking cases where a child has died before approval was granted.
One child applied in December 2021 but the benefits agency was notified of a death in March 2023 - a gap of over 400 days.
Another application was made in June 2022, but the agency was informed of a death 249 days later while a decision was still being considered.
Other gaps between application and notification of death include 199 days, 177, 102, 86, 73, 48 and four.
O’Kane said: “The devolution of social security powers to Scotland was an opportunity to build a better system, with fairness, compassion and dignity at its heart – but it’s clear too many people are still being failed.”
“No-one should have to spend the final months of their or their child’s life fighting against a system that is supposed to work for them. The SNP must explain why children are facing such long waits and what action it will
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