Child Disability Payment decision making guide

When an individual in receipt of CDP moves to another part of the UK

Individuals who move away from Scotland to another part of the UK continue to be paid CDP for a period of time after the move. This period is called the run-on period.

The individual must have been ordinarily resident in Scotland immediately before the move and, as a result of the move, be ordinarily resident in another part of the UK and be no longer ordinarily resident in Scotland.

If an individual moves away from Scotland to another part of the UK and into ‘alternative accommodation’, then the value of the care component of CDP that is paid during the run-on period will be £0. This will be the case for as long as the individual resides 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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