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New figures published by Social Security Scotland show that there are now 192,575 people in receipt of Adult Disability Payment (ADP). This includes 83,190 new applicants and 109,385 existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants who have now transferred from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the devolved benefits system.

The Scottish Government recently announced a new devolved disability payment designed to provide additional financial support for people of State Pension age will not include a mobility component. However, it has also confirmed the new benefit will not include any face-to-face assessments as part of the application process - unless requested by the claimant.

People making a new claim for devolved benefits, or those transferring from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) IT system to the Social Security Scotland platform, are being warned not to be caught out by cold-callers, pretending to be official local client support advisers.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for existing claimants living in Scotland. The devolved benefits provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or a terminal illness.

The Scottish Government recently announced a new devolved disability payment designed to provide additional financial support for people of State Pension age will not include a mobility component. However, it has also confirmed the new benefit will not include any face-to-face assessments as part of the application process.

The Scottish Government recently announced a new devolved disability payment designed to provide additional financial support for people of State Pension age will not include a mobility component. However, it has also confirmed the new benefit will not include any face-to-face assessments as part of the application process.

The latest statistics from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of July, some 93,880 people were in receipt of Adult Disability Payment (ADP)and of those, 42,620 were new applicants and 51,260 were existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) case transfers.

Social Security Scotland has confirmed that around 400,000 people will start to receive this year’s Winter Heating Payment from the middle of December, with the ‘vast majority’ of eligible households due the money before the end of January 2024. The payment of £55.05 will be made automatically and is designed to help people with higher energy costs during the colder months.

The Scottish Government recently announced a new devolved disability payment designed to provide additional financial support for people of State Pension age will not include a mobility component. However, it has also confirmed the new benefit will not include any face-to-face assessments as part of the application process.

Social Security Scotland recently announced that an estimated 400,000 people will start to receive this year’s Winter Heating Payment from the middle of December, with the ‘vast majority’ of eligible households receiving the money by the end of January 2024. The payment of £55.05 will be made automatically to help people with higher energy costs during the colder months.

Social Security Scotland have announced that one-off payments of £235.70 have started going out to around 29,000 disabled children and young people across the country. The annual Child Winter Heating Payment is unique to Scotland and designed to help families of disabled young people under the age of 19 with higher fuel costs over the colder months.

Thousands of disabled children and young people across Scotland are set to receive a payment of £235.70 this month to help offset higher energy bills over the colder months. Social Security Scotland recently announced the annual Child Winter Heating Assistance, will now be referred to as the Child Winter Heating Payment.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for existing claimants living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or a terminal illness.

Social Security Scotland has issued new guidance for people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) whose circumstances change while they are transferring from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) IT system. However, the advice also applies to people in receipt of Adult or Child Disability Payments.

Social Security Scotland recently announced that an annual payment designed to help disabled children and young people heat their homes is changing its name. From this winter, Child Winter Heating Assistance, will become the Child Winter Heating Payment.

Social Security Scotland recently announced that more people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start moving to the new Adult Disability Payment (ADP) over the coming months.

It has been almost a year since Adult Disability Payment (ADP) rolled out nationwide across Scotland and replaced new claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Social Security Scotland administers the new devolved payment, which is worth between £26.90 and £172.75 each week, for successful claimants.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or a terminal illness.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or a terminal illness.

The Scottish Government has announced that third sector organisations are to be paid a fee for helping provide supporting information for people applying for Child Disability Payment or Adult Disability Payment. The £33.50 fee will be paid when they are asked by Social Security Scotland to complete a supporting information request form.

More people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will now start moving to the new Adult Disability Payment, according to Social Security Scotland. The devolved benefit provides the same financial support as the DWP for people living in Scotland between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

People in Scotland planning to make a new application, or need to upload supporting evidence for Adult or Child Disability Payments, over the weekend may have to wait until Monday due to planned IT downtime from Social Security Scotland. The devolved welfare department said “essential maintenance” will be carried out from the afternoon on Friday, June 2 until midnight on Sunday, June 4.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

Thousands of unpaid carers across Scotland received an extra payment of £245.70 on Friday, December 9. Carer’s Allowance Supplement is a devolved benefit paid twice a year to those in receipt of Carer’s Allowance on certain qualifying dates.

Social Security Scotland has issued an important update for new and existing claimants of Scottish Child Payment. The devolved benefit is now worth £25 per week to parents and carers of children up to 16, worth £100 per month, per eligible child.

Social Security Scotland has announced that thousands of unpaid carers across the country are set to receive an extra payment of £245.70 at the end of this week. The latest figures from the devolved welfare system show that some 81,680 Carer’s Allowance Supplement payments were made in June to carers living in Scotland who were in receipt of the benefit on the qualifying date in April.

Adult Disability Payment is a new health benefit which is gradually replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefit will provide financial support to people aged between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

The Scottish Government has announced that the annual payment to help disabled children and young people heat their homes during the colder months is on its way to thousands of families across the country. The Child Winter Heating Assistance payment is automatically paid to families of eligible children and young people, there’s no need to claim.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that at the end of July, 2022 there were more than three million people across the UK claiming support through Personal Independence Payments (PIP), an increase of more than 52,000 since April. Just over one in three claimants (35%) are receiving the highest level of award.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits which are replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

The Scottish Government is encouraging families to apply for a grant worth £267.65 which could help with costs when a child is set to start primary school in August and ease the pressure of the rising cost of living. The Best Start Grant School Age Payment provides a one-off lump sum of £267.65 to families who get Tax Credits and certain benefits with children born between March 1, 2017 and February 28, 2018.

Adult Disability Payment is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in seven more council areas this month, following on from the recent launch in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire at the end of June. 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 summer 2024.

Social Security Scotland has confirmed that it started moving existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants to Adult Disability Payment last month. It began the process of transferring cases from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the new devolved benefit on June 13.

The Scottish Government is encouraging families to apply for a grant worth £267.65 which could help with costs when a child is set to start primary school.