Key facts
•Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for adults with a disability or long-term health condition who live in Scotland.
•Personal independence payment claimants and some disability living allowance claimants living in Scotland are being transferred to ADP.
•ADP has a daily living component and a mobility component. You can qualify for one or both components. Each component has two rates.
•ADP is a non-means-tested benefit.
•You do not need to have paid national insurance contributions to get ADP.
•ADP is disregarded as income for means-tested benefits and tax credits and can be paid in addition to most other benefits.
•ADP is administered and paid by Social Security Scotland.
•If you disagree with a determination about ADP, you can request a redetermination and then appeal against it (see
Chapter 80).