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If an applicant does not have parental rights and responsibilities for a child, then they cannot act on behalf of a child unless we appoint them to act.

Child Disability Payment

This chapter looks at the criteria of entitlement to and rates of payment of the care component of Child Disability Payment.

This guidance explains the eligibility criteria for the higher rate mobility component of Child Disability Payment (CDP)

What happens when an individual in receipt of Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLAC) moves to Scotland or Child Disability Payment (CDP) moves to another part of the UK.

Child Disability Payment

Situations when a case manger should seek advice.

If an individual fails to notify Social Security Scotland that they have moved away from Scotland within 13 weeks of the move, notifies Social Security Scotland 13 weeks or more after the move entitlement to CDP stops on the date when the individual became resident in another part of the UK.

Child Disability Payment

Supervision means the precautionary or anticipatory presence of another person to monitor an individual’s physical, mental or emotional health.

A review date should be set based on when the individual’s circumstances are likely to have changed.

Child Disability Payment

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