Adult Disability Payment is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in seven more council areas next month. This follows on from another launch in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire which started on June 20.
Some 313,620 existing PIP claimants in Scotland will not start to transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits system to Social Security Scotland until this summer. People already receiving PIP or Disability Living Allowance (DLA Adult), do not need to re-apply for the devolved disability payment as the phased rollout is for new applicants only.
The rollout of Adult Disability Payment 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. Applying has been made easier due to a key change to the way supporting information can be submitted.
