Minister for Social Security, Ben Macpherson, has not ruled out the possibility of changes to the rates of pay or eligibility criteria for Adult Disability Payment (ADP), the new benefit which is replacing Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for more than 313,000 people living in Scotland between now and the end of summer, 2024.
During a recent Work and Pensions Committee meeting on health assessments for benefits and the launch of the new devolved disability payment in Scotland, Chair, Sir Stephen Timms MP, explained how it had been briefed to the cross-party group of MPs that the eligibility criteria and award rates for Adult Disability Payment are the same as those for PIP.
However, he asked Mr Macpherson: “Do you expect that to be the case in the long-term or do you think that, after an initial period, you may well want to look at some changes to those?”
