Cross-border moves
Cross-border moves
Supporting documentsPages in this publication:
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- Definition of ‘cross-border individual’
- Definition of Date of Move
- Applying for the equivalent benefit
- Deadlines for cross border applications
- Good reasons for late applications
- When entitlement to Scottish benefits begins
- Clients over 16 who are in receipt of child DLA when they move
- Individuals over state pension age who are in receipt of PIP or DLA when they move
- Individuals who move before 6th November 2025 but do not inform DWP or Social Security Scotland
- CSP: Temporary stops in entitlement
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- When the individual notifies Social Security Scotland in advance of the move
- An individual cancels the move after they have told Social Security Scotland that they are moving
- When an individual notifies Social Security Scotland more than 13 weeks after the move
- Example: person moving to alternative accommodation in another part of the UK