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In relation to transferring cases, if someone in receipt of Personal Independence Payment notifies the DWP about a diagnosis of terminal illness, we will prioritise transferring their benefit to us and issue them an indefinite Adult Disability Payment award at the highest level under special rules.
Redress Scotland, the independent decision-making body, are now fully operational and the turn-around from receipt of a case to determination is within their published 6 week target time.
Equal access and earliest release
The principles of equal access and earliest release possible are integral to the UK Code of Practice, as well as the European Statistics Code of Practice and the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
However, the post 1 November 2023 Determination 1 includes a new unscheduled care code, which may impact on the number of claims reported in the data. 1 This code was not available in the old SDR and may contribute to additional claims since 1 November 2023.
This is currently name and address information for the parents of children aged 18 to 35 months who are in receipt of certain qualifying benefits (increasingly Universal Credit).