The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start making the first payments of the £650 cost of living support from next week with a lump sum of £326 due to land in 8 million bank accounts from July 14. However, if you are not eligible for the means-tested payment, or any of the others due to be paid later this year, you may still be able to access financial support from your local council.
People applying for new PIP-style disability payment could get decision letter within 10 weeks
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Adult Disability Payment is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in seven more council areas next month, following on from the recent launch in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. More than 313, 600 existing PIP claimants in Scotland will start to transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) system to Social Security Scotland this summer, in a move predicted to be completed by the end of 2025.
The rollout of the new benefit means that people of working age with a disability, long-term illness or physical or mental health condition, living in Fife, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire or South Ayrshire can apply directly for financial support from the Scottish Government from July 25.
If you live elsewhere in Scotland and Adult Disability Payment hasn't opened in your area or appears on the rollout schedule, you can apply from August 29. 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.”
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