Adult Disability Payment pilot scheduled for March 2022
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 21st December 2021
ADP is the next phase of the Scottish Government's rollout of devolved social security payments, replacing PIP.
Following the launch of the Child Disability Payment (CDP) in November, the Scottish Government have confirmed that the Adult Disability Payment (ADP) will be piloted starting on 21 March 2022 (this link will take you away from our website). ADP will replace the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults in Scotland.
In line with other devolved social security payments, ADP includes a redesigned application and assessment process. It will ask for less supporting information, and Social Security Scotland will be tasked with collecting that information where necessary. Assessments in their current form will be abolished, and replaced only when required with consultations that will not involve functional examinations. The definition of terminal illness for fast tracking applications will also be changed to remove any specific timescale, instead being based on clinical judgement.
As with CDP, the pilot for ADP will start in the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan an Iar), Dundee and Perth and Kinross. From 20 June 2022, the pilot will be extended to Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire, and extended again on 25 July 2022 to include Fife, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and all parts of Ayrshire. Nationwide rollout is scheduled for 29 August 2022.
The Scottish Government estimate that there are approximately 300,000 people in receipt of PIP and 40,000 receiving DLA in Scotland. Everyone currently receiving either of these entitlements will be automatically transferred to APD in stages after the new payment is fully launched, and do not need to re-apply.
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