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Children's Handbook Scotland | 2023/24

2. Adult disability payment
Adult disability payment (ADP) replaces personal independence payment (PIP) for working age adults in Scotland. It was introduced for new claims in pilot areas from March 2022 and rolled out across the rest of Scotland for new claims from 29 August 2022. You cannot claim ADP if you already get PIP (or disability living allowance or attendance allowance). If you are already getting PIP you will be transferred to ADP without having to make a claim for it. It is a benefit for working age people with mobility problems and/or care needs as a result of a disability or health condition. ADP is not means tested and you do not have to have paid any national insurance contributions to get it. Social Security Scotland is responsible for the administration of ADP.
Who can get adult disability payment
You qualify for ADP if you:1s31 and Sch 5 SS(S)A 2018; reg 3 DAWAP(S) Regs
    normally live in Scotland and satisfy certain other residence and presence conditions and you are not a ‘person subject to immigration control’. See CPAG’s Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook for details; and
    are 16 or over and under pension age when you first claim; and
    are terminally ill or you satisfy the disability test for the daily living component (see below) and/or the mobility component (see below), and have done so for the last 13 weeks and are likely to continue to do so for the next 39 weeks.
 
1     s31 and Sch 5 SS(S)A 2018; reg 3 DAWAP(S) Regs »
Disability test: daily living and mobility components
The disability tests for the daily living component and the mobility component are very similar to the tests for PIP (see here). However, the definition of terminally ill is different for ADP. For ADP, ‘terminally ill’ means that, in the judgement of a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse, who is involved in your care or diagnosis, you have a progressive disease that can be reasonably expected to cause death.1Reg 26(7) and (10) DAWAP(S) Regs The medical practitioner or nurse must have regard to the guidance published by the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland.2Reg 26(8) DAWAP(S) Regs; Sch 5 para 1(3) SS(S)A 2018; reg 15(7) DACYP(S) Regs If you are terminally ill, you should get the enhanced rate of both components.
 
1     Reg 26(7) and (10) DAWAP(S) Regs »
2     Reg 26(8) DAWAP(S) Regs; Sch 5 para 1(3) SS(S)A 2018; reg 15(7) DACYP(S) Regs »
Amount of benefit
Weekly rate
Daily living component
Enhanced
£101.75
Standard
£68.10
Mobility component
Enhanced
£71.00
Standard
£26.90