Social Security Scotland has just opened the Child Disability Payment – you can see here the official announcement. We are taking this opportunity to share some insights on the households who will be getting this new benefit and how we’ll adapt our platform to it.
The Child Disability Payment (and Disability Living Allowance) are benefits that help with the extra costs of looking after a child who needs much more looking after than a child of the same age who does not have a disability or has difficulties walking. Child Disability Payment replaces the UK Government’s Disability Living Allowance for children and is part of the wider Scottish devolved benefits transfer.
Existing claimants of Disability Living Allowance for children (around 52,000 in Scotland) will be automatically transferred to the Child Disability Payment, and new benefits claimants can make their applications directly on Social Security Scotland. The benefits rates and eligibility criteria has not changed, but new claimants can now apply online as well as by phone, post or face-to-face.