Child Disability Payment applicants: FOI release

Information requested

Request for information 1: The number of Child Disability Payment applicants who died prior to the approval of their application in 2024.

Request for information 2: The date of when each applicant had applied for Child Disability Payment.

Request for information 3: The date each application was approved.

Request for information 4: The date Social Security Scotland were informed about the applicant's death.

Response

Request for information 1: There have been two cases were an applicant died prior to the approval of their application in 2024.

Requests for information 2, 3 and 4:

	Date of Application (Part 1)	Date of Application (Part 2)	Date Notified of Applicants Death	Date Application Approved
1	20/02/2024	Not received prior to death	26/04/2024	20/06/2024
2	03/07/2024	25/07/2024	01/08/2024	21/08/2024

It should be noted that this data is drawn from management information, which has not been quality assured to the same level as that in our Official Statistics publication. As such, this information should be interpreted with caution.

While we cannot comment on individual cases, we are committed to giving people timely decisions, while allowing sufficient time to ensure the correct information is in place to get decisions right the first time.

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