People in Scotland will no longer be able to make a new claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) from August 29 when the benefit will be replaced by Adult Disability Payment (ADP) in all 32 council areas across the country. Thirteen local authorities are now offering ADP to adults over 16 and under State Pension age living with a disability, long-term illness or a physical or mental health condition.
Social Security Scotland will deliver the new benefit with mostly the same eligibility criteria and payment rates administered by DWP. Claimants who receive ADP will be paid between £24.45 and £156.90 per week to help with the additional costs of daily living and mobility needs and as the benefit is paid every four weeks, this amounts to between £97.80 and £627.60 every payment period.
However, the Scottish Government has shared crucial information for people who may not be aware of the phased rollout of ADP or whether it’s already available in their area.
Guidance on mygov.scot explains what will happen if:
- You have applied for PIP but should have applied for ADP
- You apply for ADP using a PIP application form
If you applied for PIP but should have applied for Adult Disability Payment
If you submit an application to PIP, but ADP is open in your area and you should have applied for the new devolved disability benefit then DWP will send your application to Social Security Scotland.
Social Security Scotland will:
- Use it as an application for Adult Disability Payment
- Make a decision about your application
- If your application is successful, your payments will start from the date you applied for PIP.
Mygov.scot states” |You do not need to complete a separate Adult Disability Payment application.”
If you apply for Adult Disability Payment using a PIP application
If you send a PIP application to Social Security Scotland, they will use it as an application for Adult Disability Payment.
You do not need to complete a separate Adult Disability Payment application.
You can read more about the application process for Adult Disability Payment on mygov.scot here.
13 councils areas where ADP has replaced PIP for new claims
ADP is already open to new applications in:
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Dundee City
- East Ayrshire
- Fife
- Moray
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Perth and Kinross
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Western Isles
Existing PIP claimants moving to ADP
Transfer for all 313,620 PIP claimants and 141,328 people on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to ADP is scheduled to be finished by summer 2024.
People already on PIP do not need to apply for the new benefit, and there will be no interruption in payments during the migration which takes around three months to complete.
Letters will be sent to existing claimants advising them that their award is transferring to the devolved IT system, so make sure DWP have your correct contact etial on file so that you don’t miss this important information.
You can read more about the transfer of DWP benefits to Social Security on the mygov.scot website, here.
For more explainer articles on ADP, check out the Daily Record’s dedicated section on it here.
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