When payment should be stopped

Payments of Scottish Adult DLA should stop after an individual’s entitlement to Scottish Adult DLA ends. 

Individuals have a right to request that their entitlement stops. In these cases, managers should make a determination without application. Individuals can request that their entitlement stops either:

• with immediate effect
• on a specific date (Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 , s.26(2) 27)

The case manager should ensure that the individual or their representative is clear about the impact that the decision to stop payment of Scottish Adult DLA will have. For more information, see Operational Guidance and Requesting that Scottish Adult DLA stop being paid chapter.

When a case manager is notified that an individual entitled to Scottish Adult DLA has died, they must make a determination without application (Scottish Adult DLA regs. reg. 43(b)) . Please refer to the Death of an Individual chapter for more information.

Where the individual is entitled to Scottish Adult DLA for a period shorter than a week payment should be calculated in days. The daily rate is one-seventh of the weekly rate.

An overpayment can occur when Social Security Scotland is not informed immediately of the death of an individual who is entitled to Scottish Adult DLA. If this happens, an individual’s estate is liable to Social Security Scotland for any overpaid sum.