When payment should be stopped

Payments of PADP should stop after an individual’s entitlement to PADP ends.

Individuals have a right to request payments to stop. In these instances, case managers should make a determination without application. Individuals can request that payments stop either:

• with immediate effect
• on a specific date (Social Security (Scotland Act) 2018 , s 26(2))

The case manager should ensure that the individual or their representative is clear about the impact that the decision to stop payment of PADP will have. For more information, see Operational Guidance and An individual's right to stop receiving assistance chapter.

When a case manager is notified that an individual entitled to PADP has died, they must make a determination without application (PADP regs. reg. 40(b)). Please refer to the Death of an Individual chapter for more information.

An overpayment can occur when Social Security Scotland is not informed immediately of the death of an individual who is entitled to PADP. If this happens, an individual’s estate is liable to Social Security Scotland for any sums paid after death. The value of the overpayment is the amount of assistance paid for the period beginning on the day following the date of death. Social Security Scotland will contact the individual’s next of kin, or the person who registered the death, to make further enquiries if this happens.