Child Disability Payment decision making guide

Hospitals, Residential Settings and Legal Detention

Entitlement to payment of the mobility component of CDP continues when an individual entitled to CDP enters alternative accommodation. This includes hospitals, care homes, residential educational establishments and legal detention.

It is only entitlement to the care component of CDP which is affected when an individual enters a care home, residential educational establishment or legal detention for more than 28 days (CDP regs, reg. 17(1)), ( CDP regs, reg. 17(2)) and (CDP regs, reg. 21) . No component of CDP is affected when an individual enters hospital (CDP regs, reg. 21).

Individuals in legal detention, a care home or residential educational institution when an application is made are entitled to payment of the mobility component when entitlement begins but not the care component. For more information on this, see the Legal Detention and Care Homes and Residential Institutions chapters.

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