Question reference: S6W-22544
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 30 October 2023
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 November 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many applicants in total there have been for Adult Disability Payment since it was launched; of those, how many in total have waited more than (a) eight, (b) nine and (c) 10 weeks for a decision; what the median waiting time has been for all applications, and what the longest time is that an applicant has waited for a decision.
Answer
Statistics relating to Adult Disability Payment are published quarterly – the latest releases covers the period to 31 st July 2023 and is available on the Social Security Scotland website:
Social Security Scotland - Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 July 2023
Table 1 of the publication provides statistics on the number of applicants there have been for Adult Disability Payment, and Table 8 provides statistics on processing times. We can't provide data on longest processing times as we are unable to report on individual cases.