Adult Disability Payment is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in seven more council areas in July, following on from another launch in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire due to start on June 20.
More than 313,000 existing PIP claimants in Scotland will start to transfer this week from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits system to Social Security Scotland and do not need to re-apply for the new disability payment - the phased rollout is for new applicants only.
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.
