Guidance Library

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Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

Child Disability Payment care component - rates and criteria

Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

Choosing an appropriate review period between 2 and 10 years

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

Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

No person with parental rights and responsibilities lives with, and looks after the child and appears able and willing to act

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.

Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

Introduction

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

Guidance

12 June 2025

When an individual notifies Social Security Scotland less than 13 weeks after the move

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.

Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

Preparing a cooked main meal

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

Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

Setting an earlier start date for entitlement when a change in an individual’s needs leads to a higher award

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

Guidance

12 June 2025

Child Disability Payment

Exceptions to entitlement to the lower rate mobility component

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.

Guidance

12 June 2025

Dialysis and other needs

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

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