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13. Pension age disability payment
Pension 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 payment
You 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 test
You 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
Rate
Weekly rate
Lower rate
£73.90
Higher rate
£110.40