Child Disability Payment decision making guide

Entitlement to CDP beginning while in ‘alternative accommodation’

The CDP rules refer to accommodation in a care home or residential school as ‘alternative accommodation’. If an individual is moving into ‘alternative accommodation’ on moving to Scotland then they will be resident in ‘alternative accommodation’ on the day that entitlement to CDP begins. This means that the value of the care component of CDP that individual receives will be £0 (CDP regs, reg. 20(2)). This will be the case starting from the day that entitlement begins and for as long as the individual continues to reside in ‘alternative accommodation’. Case managers can find more information in the chapter on the effect of time spent in care homes and residential educational establishments.

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