Guidance Library

Child Disability Payment

Child Disability Payment

Information on choosing an appropriate review period based on individual circumstances.

Child Disability Payment

If there is a person with no parental rights but lives with the child and is willing to act, Social Security Scotland may appoint the applicant to act on behalf of the child.

Child Disability Payment

The rules of entitlement to the lower rate of the mobility component of Child Disability Payment.

If the individual tells Social Security Scotland about the move less than 13 weeks after it has happened, the run-on period continues for 13 weeks after the date that the individual tells Social Security Scotland that they have moved.

Child Disability Payment

The purpose of considering if an individual can prepare a cooked main meal is to determine their ability to perform key daily activities.

Child Disability Payment

A case manager may apply an earlier start date for an award if they consider it would be unjust not to do so.

Child Disability Payment

An individual is not entitled to the mobility component of CDP unless, for most of that period, their physical or mental condition means they are able, from time to time, to benefit from assistance for movement.

Information about when an individual getting renal dialysis also has other conditions. How these other needs may affect Child Disability care component.