Introduction to cross border moves

This guidance is relevant to:

• Adult Disability Payment (ADP)
• Child Disability Payment (CDP)
• Pension Age Disability Payment (PADP)
• Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance (SA DLA)
• Carer Support: Carer Support Payment (CSP), Scottish Carer Supplement (SCS), and Carer Additional Person Payment (CAPP)

It applies when an individual in receipt of:

• a disability or carers benefit from Social Security Scotland moves from Scotland to another part of the UK
• an equivalent benefit from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) or Department for Communities (DfC) moves to Scotland from another part of the UK

The equivalent benefits are:

• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA-C)
• Attendance Allowance (AA)
• Disability Living Allowance for adults (DLA)
• Carer’s Allowance (CA)

Definition of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom comprises the four constituent jurisdictions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

​​​​​​​Clients who should have had their award transferred but did not

This guidance is also relevant to individuals living in Scotland who would have been eligible to have their award transferred but did not, whether due to incorrect data being held, late notification of a move, or retroactive entitlement to a relevant benefit.