Child Disability Payment To Be Introduced Next Summer

Update on delivery timeline for devolved benefits.

Child Disability Payment will be the next new benefit to be introduced by the Scottish Government.

In an update to the Scottish Parliament today, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security Shirley-Anne Somerville said Social Security Scotland will start taking applications from summer 2021 as part of a pilot, ahead of a full roll-out across the country from autumn 2021.

This will be followed by the introduction of Adult Disability Payment, which will be piloted from spring 2022 and available across the country by summer 2022.

Child Disability Payment will replace the DWP’s Disability Living Allowance for Children and Adult Disability Payment will replace Personal Independence Payment.

https://www.gov.scot/news/child-disability-payment-to-be-introduced-next-summer/