Adult Disability Payment: Consultation on the Mobility Component

Executive Summary

Adult Disability Payment is the twelfth payment now delivered by Social Security Scotland. It replaces Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in Scotland, and it will provide support to over 510,000^[1] disabled people by 2025.

In designing this new payment, we have carefully listened to the views of disabled people, stakeholders, and the public. We have made several improvements to Adult Disability Payment over PIP. These include substantial improvements to the application and decision-making process.

We recognise that there is considerable interest from disabled people and stakeholders about the eligibility criteria for the mobility component. We are consulting on the eligibility criteria for the mobility component to seek a broad range of views on this matter.

The Scottish Government is committed to beginning an independent review of Adult Disability Payment in 2023.

This consultation does not set out or advocate a preferred Scottish Government position or policy. Instead, this consultation is an opportunity for the people of Scotland and our stakeholders to provide views on the evidence presented on the mobility component. Once the consultation closes and the responses have been independently analysed, the findings will help to inform the independent review of Adult Disability Payment commencing later this year. In considering the future delivery of Adult Disability Payment, it is important that any proposals for change are achievable, affordable and realistic.