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Scotland

Disability benefit processing delays should ease by summer, MSPs told

Significant delays to processing devolved disability payments should start to clear by the end of summer, MSPs have heard. Adult Disability Payment was introduced last year as a replacement for the UK Government’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP),...

29 Jun 2023 at 12:19

Scotland

Former Mencap chief to lead review of adult disability payment

A former charity boss has been appointed to lead a new review of an benefit payment for disabled adults. Edel Harris, formerly chief executive of Mencap, is to lead new work to look at whether the adult disability payment meets the needs of those ...

26 Jan 2024 at 16:23

Scotland

More than 100 die waiting for adult disability payment, figures show

More than 100 people died last year while waiting for a Scottish Government disability benefit. Figures released under freedom of information legislation to Scottish Labour showed 116 people in 2023 died while still waiting for their first ...

01 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Disability benefit information deleted online to mask SNP failures – Labour

The Scottish Government has been accused of “moving the goalposts” after information about its disability benefits was removed from online, Scottish Labour said. The adult disability payment (ADP) is extra money given to people who live ...

07 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

More than 200,000 disability benefit claimants transferred to devolved agency

Scotland’s devolved benefits agency has taken control of more than 200,000 cases of disabled people from the UK Government. Figures released last month show 207,295 people were receiving the adult disability payment (ADP) from Social ...

02 Oct 2024 at 13:53

Scotland

Thousands of disabled Scots moved to benefits system ‘rooted in compassion’

Almost 350,000 disabled people in Scotland have now been transferred to a new benefits system “rooted in compassion”, the Social Justice Secretary has said. Those who were getting the personal independence payment (Pip) from the UK ...

28 Aug 2025 at 19:49

Scotland

Disability payment should be simplified and made more accessible, review finds

An independent review of the Scottish disability payment has called for the benefit to be simplified and made more accessible. Led by charity leader Edel Harris, the review calls for automatic entitlement to the benefit in some ...

31 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Increase in disability payment uptake down to ‘intentional choices’, MSPs told

An increase in the uptake of a disability payment in Scotland is partly due to “intentional choices” made by the Scottish Government for a less onerous system, MSPs have been told. Erin McGinley, senior auditor at Audit ...

01 Oct 2025 at 16:06

Scotland

No clear plan to plug benefits funding gap, watchdog says

The Scottish Government has no plan to fill a £770 million funding gap in its disability benefits, a watchdog has said. Adult disability payment (ADP), which replaces the personal independence payment (Pip) in Scotland,...

18 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Swinney pressed on whether taxes will rise to cover ‘soaring’ benefits costs

John Swinney has been challenged over whether his Government will have to raise taxes to pay for “Scotland’s soaring benefits bill” – with Tories raising concerns that spending on social security is “unsustainable”. ...

18 Sept 2025 at 13:19

Scotland

Disability benefits uptake rise due to reduced ‘stigma’, minister tells MSPs

An increase in uptake of disability benefits for mental health conditions is due to “stigma” around doing so being reduced, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. Appearing before the Social ...

25 Sept 2025 at 11:59

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