Question reference: S6W-05795
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 2 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the six-week time limit within which applicants must complete both parts of the Child Disability Payment application process.
Answer
Social Security Scotland routinely monitors applications received and the time between when part 1 and part 2 of applications are submitted.
Information on applications received is published as part of routine Official Statistics publications on Child Disability Payment. The second high level statistics covering the period from 26 July to 21 November 2021 were recently published on 18 January 2022 and are available at https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/reporting/publications/child-disability-payment-pilot-high-level-statistics-to-21-november-2021 . The next set of Child Disability Payment statistics are due to be published in February 2022. This will cover the period from 26 July 2021 to 31 December 2021.