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Disability and illness

Adult Disability Payment, Child Disability Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment, Scottish Adult DLA

  1. Adult Disability Payment

    Guidance for GPs, registered medical practitioners, local authorities and health boards, case transfer guides, application form for organisations

  2. Child Disability Payment

    Guidance for GPs, local authorities and health boards, GP fee claim form, application form for organisations

  3. Pension Age Disability Payment

    Guidance for GPs, registered medical practitioners, local authorities and health boards, case transfer guide, application form for organisations

  4. Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance

    Guidance for GPs, registered medical practitioners, local authorities and health boards, case transfer guide

  5. Special Rules for Terminal Illness

    When to complete a BASRiS, SR1 or a DS1500 form, Chief Medical Officer's guidance, third sector guidance, requesting forms, contacting the clinician's helpline, frequently asked questions

  6. Third sector organisations

    Supporting information requests, fee claim guidance

  7. Supporting information guidance for professionals

    Supporting information guidance for professionals

  8. Data Sharing Portal guidance for supporting information requests

    This guidance is for Front Door Team staff using the Data Sharing Portal to view, assign and update supporting information requests.

  9. First sign in experience for DSP users migrating to DBIS

    This guidance is for stakeholders who are directly involved with data-sharing.

  10. Objective Connect guidance for completing and approving a supporting information request

    This guidance is for anyone using Objective Connect to complete or approve a supporting information request.

  11. Supporting clients moving to Scotland from the rest of the UK

    Use this guidance to support clients who move to Scotland from the rest of the UK while receiving Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability and carer benefits.

  12. Missed case transfers

    Use this guide to support clients living in Scotland who should have had their Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or Department for Communities Northern Ireland (NI) benefit transferred to Social Security Scotland before 6 November 2025 but did not.

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