Children's Handbook Scotland 2020/21Chapter 1: Benefits and tax credits7. Disability living allowance Amount of benefit
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Amount of benefit
Weekly rate
£
Care component
Lowest rate
23.70
Middle rate
60.00
Highest rate
89.60
Mobility component
Lower rate
23.70
Higher rate
62.55
A winter heating assistance payment is payable if a child or young person is getting DLA care component at the highest rate. This is an annual payment of £202. You are eligible for winter heating assistance if you are:1Winter Heating Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2020
    •getting (or would be getting if you were not resident in a care home) the highest rate of the care component during the third week of September; and
    •aged under 18 or aged 18 and still awaiting an assessment for PIP; and
    •resident in Scotland.
 
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