•Child disability payment (CDP) is a benefit for children and young people in Scotland with disabilities or long-term health problems.

•It has replaced disability living allowance for children and young people living in Scotland.

•CDP has a care component and a mobility component. You can qualify for one or both components. Each component has different rates.

•CDP is a non-means-tested benefit.

•You do not need to have paid national insurance contributions to get CDP.

•CDP is disregarded as income for means-tested benefits and tax credits and can also lead to increases in those benefits.

•CDP is administered and paid by Social Security Scotland.

•If you disagree with a determination about CDP, you can request a redetermination and then appeal against it (see Chapter 81). You must request a redetermination before you can appeal.