Guidance Library

How to check the applicant has parental rights and responsibilities for the child they applied for

Case managers use Child Disability Payment decision-making guidance to apply the powers of the Act and the rules of the Regulations.

Special Rules for Terminal Illness

Guidance for clinicians completing a BASRiS form

Information on Social Security Scotland’s approach to supporting information.

Approach inconsistencies from a position of trust in what the individual has told us and come to a decision based on the balance of probabilities.

This guidance sets out the general principles the case manager should follow when gathering supporting information.

Inconsistencies and gaps in supporting information.

Supporting information is information provided by a person or organisation other than the individual or the person acting on their behalf.