13. Pension age disability paymentWho can get pension age disability paymentTerminal illnessDisability testAmount of benefitPension age disability payment (PADP) replaces attendance allowance (AA) (see here) for people over pension age who live in Scotland. PADP is a benefit for pension age people who have care needs as a result of a disability or health condition.It 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 PADP.Who can get pension age disability paymentTerminal illnessDisability testYou qualify for PADP if you:1s64 SSCBA 1992; reg 2 SS(AA) Regs•have reached pension age when you first claim. People aged between 16 and pension age may be able to claim adult disability payment (ADP) (see here) and children aged under 16 may be able to claim child disability payment (CDP) (see here); and•you normally live in Scotland and you satisfy certain UK residence and presence conditions and are not a person subject to immigration control. See CPAG’s Welfare Benefits Handbook (for subscribers) for details; and•you are terminally ill (see here) or you satisfy the disability test (see here); and•have satisfied the disability test for the last 26 weeks (unless you are terminally ill). 1 s64 SSCBA 1992; reg 2 SS(AA) Regs » Terminal illness‘Terminal illness’ has the same meaning as for ADP (see here). Disability testYou get either a lower or a higher rate of PADP. The disability conditions for the lower rate are the same as for the middle rate care component of CDP (see here). The conditions for the higher rate are the same as for the highest rate care component of CDP (see here). Amount of benefit RateWeekly rateLower rate£73.90Higher rate£110.40