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Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27
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01 Jun 2026
23. Does anything affect payment?
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23. Does anything affect payment?
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23. Does anything affect payment?
Other benefits
– Child disability payment (CDP), Scottish adult disability living allowance (DLA), adult disability payment (ADP) and pension age disability payment (PADP) can usually be paid in full in addition to other social security benefits. CDP, Scottish adult DLA, ADP and PADP are ignored as income for universal credit, pension credit and housing benefit.
If you or your child go abroad
– See
Chapter 52(2)
.
If your child goes into legal custody
– Payment of the CDP care component
is suspended if your child has been in legal custody for 28 days. They can continue to receive any mobility component payable. They are not treated as being in legal custody if they are an inpatient in hospital or a hospice.
DACYP(S) Regs, reg 18
If you go into legal custody
– Payment of ADP, Scottish adult DLA and PADP
is usually suspended if you have been in legal custody for 28 days (in one or more spells in any 12-month period). However, for ADP if you are under 18, y
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Chris Lewis. "23. Does anything affect payment?." In
Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27.
, 2026. Accessed September 29, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-271575CITANCHOR.
Chris Lewis. "23. Does anything affect payment?." In
Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27.
, 2026. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-271575CITANCHOR.
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Chris Lewis
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Disability Rights Handbook 2026-27
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May 20, 2026
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