Guidance Library

Child Disability Payment

Information on when a mother and father gains parental rights and responsibilities to a child.

Who can make an application for Child Disability Payment (CDP).

Where entitlement is in relation to an individual under 16 years old, CDP should be paid to the person specified in the application (Social Security (Scotland Act) 2018, s85A) who will be someone with parental rights and responsibilities, who lives with and has care of the child, provided that they are willing and practicably able to act an appointee.

How location of dialysis affects care component.

Child Disability Payment

Situations when a case manger should seek advice.

Special Rules for Terminal Illness

This guidance is for clinicians who have a patient with a terminal illness and need to complete a Benefits Assessment for Special Rules in Scotland (BASRiS) form on their behalf.

Child Disability Payment

Entitlement to the lower award begins, or entitlement stops, on the date of the determination resulting from the unscheduled review if the individual did not ‘knowingly fail’ to notify the change.