Guidance Library

Child Disability Payment

Child Disability Payment

Attention with bodily functions means providing personal care.

Child Disability Payment

An individual’s needs determine what criteria they meet and the rate of CDP they are entitled to.

Child Disability Payment

Individuals who cannot move around outdoors because of fear and anxiety are entitled to lower rate of the mobility component, if the fear and anxiety is caused by a mental disability.

Child Disability Payment

There are various reasons why changes in the level of the individual’s need could lead to an unscheduled review.

Child Disability Payment

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

Child Disability Payment

Find out how to check the applicant has parental rights and responsibilities for the child they applied for.

Child Disability Payment

An individual is entitled to the care component of CDP for the period throughout which they satisfy at least one of the criteria set out for each rate. The exception to this is the highest rate which requires both criteria to be met.

Child Disability Payment

Entitlement to payment of the mobility component of CDP continues when an individual entitled to CDP enters alternative accommodation.

Child Disability Payment

Making an unscheduled review means reviewing the individual’s entitlement to CDP, taking account of latest change in circumstances since the last determination.