Transferring to Scottish disability benefits
A new system of Scottish disability benefits is replacing personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) for people living in Scotland.
A new system of Scottish disability benefits is replacing personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) for people living in Scotland.
Disability living allowance (DLA) is the main way of meeting the additional needs of many children, yet it is under-claimed and can be hard to understand.
Social security law and tax credit law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly.
Universal credit is the main working age, means-tested benefit for people in Scotland and throughout the UK.
This course looks at the universal credit (UC) rules that particularly affect ill or disabled people.
Carer support payment is a new Scottish benefit which replaces carer’s allowance in Scotland. This course will update you on the transfer from carer’s allowance to carer support payment.
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
When a Scottish benefit is refused, an award is wrong or there is an overpayment, what steps can you take to put things right?
The requirement to have a right to reside for key benefits such as universal credit, remains a significant barrier preventing many EEA nationals accessing these benefits.
Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.