Guidance Library

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 cannot be reasonably expected to notify a change in their circumstances within one month if there are special circumstances which justify the individual being unable to promptly report the change.

An individual’s entitlement to CDP will end when they reach 18 unless they have submitted a full application for Adult Disability Payment (ADP) before turning 18.

Child Disability Payment

Child Disability Payment

Information on choosing an appropriate review period based on individual circumstances.

Child Disability Payment

If there is a person with no parental rights but lives with the child and is willing to act, Social Security Scotland may appoint the applicant to act on behalf of the child.

Child Disability Payment

The rules of entitlement to the lower rate of the mobility component of Child Disability Payment.

Child Disability Payment

The purpose of considering if an individual can prepare a cooked main meal is to determine their ability to perform key daily activities.

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.