Entitlement to ADP beginning while in 'alternative accommodation'

An individual could be moving immediately into alternative accommodation on the day that they move to Scotland. The ADP rules refer to accommodation in a care home, hospital or similar institution or legal detention as alternative accommodation. The value of the daily living and/or the mobility component is reduced to £0 when an individual is resident in alternative accommodation on the day that entitlement to ADP begins. (ADP regs, reg. 32)

An individual who moves to Scotland from somewhere else in the United Kingdom will not see their ADP entitlement begin until their PIP entitlement ends, which will be on a date fixed by the DWP. As a result, their ADP is unlikely to begin until they have been in alternative accommodation for a period.

Case managers will need to consider the alternative accommodation chapters in detail when deciding which £0 value rules and time periods apply to a person moving to alternative accommodation in Scotland. This will depend on when they move into the alternative accommodation in Scotland and when their entitlement to ADP commences.