Alternative Accommodation and Short-term Assistance

Short-term Assistance is a payment available to individuals challenging a determination which has reduced or ended 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 Scottish Adult DLA has been reduced to nil because they are alternative accommodation is not entitled to Short-term Assistance (Scottish Adult DLA regs, reg.52; Sch 1, 1(6))

For more information on Short-term Assistance, please refer to the Short-term Assistance chapter.