Legal detention and Short-term Assistance

Short-term Assistance is a payment available to individuals challenging a determination on an ongoing award of assistance. This includes re determinations and appeals.

The value of Short-term Assistance is the difference between the value of assistance before the determination and the current rate. Payment of Short-term Assistance lasts for the duration of the re-determination or appeal.

An individual whose payment of PADP has been reduced to £nil because they are in legal detention is not entitled to Short-term Assistance (PADP regs, sch, part 1, para. 1(6)).