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Linda Howard

How to claim new disability payment that replaces PIP for some people this week

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has started to be replaced by the new Adult Disability Payment in three pilot areas across Scotland this week.

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 will be able to apply for disability assistance to Social Security Scotland - and not the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - from March 21, 2022 onwards.

A phased launch of the new support payment has been scheduled for all 32 council areas across Scotland with nationwide rollout due to begin on August 29, 2022 for existing PIP claimants.

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