Social Security Scotland is launching a pilot scheme for the new Child Disability Payment benefit in three local authority areas from Monday, July 26, ahead of national roll out in autumn 2021.
Child Disability Payment will replace Disability Living Allowance Child (DLA Child) in Scotland and will be the next new benefit to be introduced by the Scottish Government.
The new benefit will provide additional financial support to children and young people under the age of 16 with disabilities, as well as their families, to help with the additional costs they incur as a result of having a long-term health condition.
Families currently receiving DLA Child payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start to be transferred to the.
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