Question reference: S6W-00143
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 8 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that Disability Assistance will commence by early 2022, and whether it will update the Parliament on any reasons for a delay to its implementation in the event there is one.
Answer
As the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People set out to Parliament in the previous term, we will introduce the first Scottish Disability Assistance this year. As set out in regulations, we will commence new applications for Child Disability Payment from 26 July 2021 in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross, and the Western Isles. This will be followed by a full national roll-out for new applications from 22 November 2021.
New applications for Adult Disability Payment will follow, with a pilot in spring 2022 and full national roll-out in summer 2022. Child Winter Heating Assistance, the first of our disability benefits, was introduced 2020. We will continue to keep Parliament updated on our plans.