Adult Disability Payment (ADP) has already replaced Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for new claimants, over 16 and under State Pension age, applying for financial support in Dundee, Perth and Kinross and the Western Isles.
The next pilot areas to open for applications from new claimants will be in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire on June 20.
While eligibility criteria is similar to PIP, the disability benefit delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Social Security Scotland will administer ADP and has published its Decision Making Guidance which includes details on how people approaching State Pension age this year may still be able to make a claim for the new payment - even if they’ve never applied for PIP.
