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Guidance

14 May 2025

Child Disability Payment

When the change in entitlement should begin if the individual meets the criteria for a higher award

Entitlement to a higher award will begin on the date when the individual first satisfies the requirements for a higher award.

Guidance

14 May 2025

When payment should be stopped

Payments of CDP should stop after an individual’s entitlement to CDP ends.

Guidance

18 December 2023

When payment of assistance may be suspended

Circumstances where payment of assistance may be suspended.

Guidance

14 May 2025

When case managers are required to make a determination without application

Determination without application happens when an individual is under 18 years of age, moves to become resident in Scotland was resident in the another part of the UK before the move, and was entitled to DLA immediately before ‘the date of the move’.

Guidance

14 May 2025

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

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.

Guidance

14 May 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

14 May 2025

When an individual in receipt of DLAC moves to Scotland

DLAC individuals must notify DWP when they move to Scotland from England and Wales, or the Department for Communities (DfC) if the individual is moving from Northern Ireland to Scotland.

Guidance

14 May 2025

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.

Guidance

19 December 2023

When an individual applying for CDP on behalf of a child dies after an application is submitted and before a determination is made

Guidance about applications when an individual applying for Child Disability Payment on behalf of a child dies before a determination is made

Guidance

18 December 2023

When a previous determination is based on an error or made in ignorance of a material fact

When Social Security Scotland makes a determination that was based on an error (including an official error) or was made in ignorance of a material fact.

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