New benefit for people with health issues due to launch this month - do you qualify?

A caller disablement benefit, known arsenic the Pension Age Disability Payment, is acceptable to motorboat successful immoderate areas of Scotland this month, earlier it is rolled retired crossed the remainder of the nation

A new benefit is acceptable to motorboat for immoderate radical with wellness issues implicit the authorities pension age, earlier being rolled retired crossed Scotland.

Currently, radical successful five areas of the state volition beryllium eligible for a caller disablement payment which is acceptable to regenerate the Attendance Allowance. Known arsenic the Pension Age Disability Payment, it volition beryllium rolled retired successful phases from October 21, starting successful Argyll and Bute, Highland, Aberdeen City, Orkney and Shetland.

Then successful March adjacent year, the payment volition go disposable successful 13 much areas, earlier it is rolled retired nationwide crossed Scotland by April, 2025, reports the Daily Record. Pension Age Disability Benefit is for radical implicit 66 who person a disablement oregon semipermanent wellness condition.

Guidance from Gov.Scot adds: “It is anticipated eligibility rules for Pension Age Disability Payment volition stay broadly akin to Attendance Allowance. It is our volition the complaint of each forms of disablement assistance volition stay the aforesaid arsenic the existent complaint of the equivalent UK disablement benefit. The complaint of assistance volition summation successful enactment with ostentation each year.”

People who presently person Attendance Allowance volition beryllium automatically moved from the DWP benefits level to the Social Security Scotland system. This volition hap successful phases, with the archetypal payment awards expected to beryllium transferred successful aboriginal 2025.

The latest figures from the DWP amusement astir 144,000 radical surviving successful Scotland are presently successful receipt of Attendance Allowance. Existing claimants bash not request to use for the devolved payment and determination volition beryllium nary breaks successful payments during the transition.

Pension Age Disability Payment has been designed with the assistance of radical who volition beryllium eligible for the payment and those who enactment them. Improvements see a streamlined process for radical to nominate a 3rd enactment typical who tin enactment them to pass with Social Security Scotland.

Legislation has inactive to beryllium approved for the caller benefit, however, proposals authorities it volition beryllium for radical who are State Pension property (66) and over, person had their information for astatine slightest six months and necessitate further care.

This migration process from DWP systems for those connected Attendance Allowance, on with those connected Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Carer's Allowance, volition spot astir 700,000 radical determination to the caller Scottish payment strategy by the extremity of 2025.

Attendance Allowance claimants surviving successful Scotland volition automatically transportation to the caller system, truthful there’s nary request to use for the devolved benefit. People receiving the fiscal enactment successful England and Wales volition not beryllium affected by the alteration and volition proceed to person regular payments from the DWP.

Pension Age Disability Payment rollout timetable

From October 21, 2024:

• Argyll and Bute

• Highland

• Aberdeen City

• Orkney

• Shetland

From March 24, 2025:

• Aberdeenshire

• East Ayrshire

• North Ayrshire

• South Ayrshire

• Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)

• Stirling

• Clackmannanshire

• Falkirk

• Fife

• Angus

• Dundee City

• Perth & Kinross

• Moray

From April 22, 2025:

• Nationwide rollout crossed Scotland