Payment Cycles

The first payment of the Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance entitlement is to be made on the date as set out in the determination notice. Payment frequency of Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance for individuals whose awards have transferred will generally remain at the same frequency as they received Disability Living Allowance. This means where:

where a client received their Disability Living Allowance in 3 weeks in arrears and one week in advance (4 weekly), they will receive their Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance 4 weekly in arrears;

where a client received their Disability Living Allowance weekly in advance, they will continue to receive their Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance weekly in advance.

However, where the case manager considers that it would be unjust not to do so, payment schedules for these individuals may be set at any frequency. This will be set out in the determination notice (Scottish Adult DLA Regs, Reg 31).