Child Disability Payment decision making guide

Date of entitlement

The date of entitlement is the first date from which CDP is paid. This can be:

  • Backwards test met date: the day after the first day the backwards test is met or is likely to be met
  • Application received date (CDP regs 20 (3) (4) (5)): the date the application is received
  • Individual details submitted date1: the date on which the full name and date of birth of the individual is submitted to Social Security Scotland. This is part one of the application process.

In most cases the application received and the individual details submitted dates will be the same.

However if the application received date comes within 6 weeks after the individual details submitted date, then the date of entitlement will be the individual’s details submitted date unless the backwards test / forwards test has not been met.

If both:

  • the application is received more than 6 weeks after the individual’s details submitted date
  • there is no good reason why the application was not received within the 6 weeks

then the date of entitlement will be the application received date (CDP regs, s.20(1),(2),(3),(4),(5) and (6)), unless the backwards test / forwards test has not been met.

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