Adult and Child Disability Payment application queries: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Request for Information 1: The number of CDP 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 CDP.
Request for Information 3: The date each CDP application was approved.
Request for Information 4: The date Social Security Scotland were informed about the applicant's death.
Request for Information 5: The number of ADP applicants who died prior to the approval of their application in 2024.
Request for Information 6: The date of when each applicant had applied for ADP.
Request for Information 7: The date each ADP application was approved.
Request for Information 8: The date Social Security Scotland were informed about the applicant's death.
Response
Request for information 1:
There have been 3 cases where a Child Disability Payment applicant has died prior to the approval of their application in 2024.
Request for information 2, 3 and 4:
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Date of Part 1 Application |
Date of Part 2 Application |
Date Application Approved |
Date Notified of Applicants Death |
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1 |
20/02/2024 |
20/02/2024 |
20/06/2024 |
26/04/2024 |
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2 |
04/06/2024 |
18/06/2024 |
18/11/2024 |
30/07/2024 |
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3 |
03/07/2024 |
25/07/2024 |
21/08/2024 |
20/08/2024 |
Request for information 5:
There have been 94 cases were an Adult Disability Payment applicant died prior to the approval of their application in 2024.
Request for information 6, 7 and 8:
The information you have requested for Adult Disability Payment applications can be found on the attached document.
There are 18 occasions where at the time of making a decision, we had not been made aware of the applicants death. For these you will see on the attached document that the date of death notification is after the date of decision.
It should be noted that all of 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, these figures should be interpreted with caution.
While we cannot comment on individual cases, in the cases where there have been longer periods to process the application, there were a number of factors that impacted on wait times, such as verifying identity and awaiting supporting information.
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.
Where a client notifies us of a terminal illness, Social Security Scotland aims to process cases identified as being eligible under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness within 7 working days of receiving a completed application form and a BASRiS form.
You may find it helpful to refer to our latest publications which contains a range of information on our benefits, including the average median decision time. Our latest publications for Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability payment can be found using the following links:
Social Security Scotland - Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics to 31 October 2024
Social Security Scotland - Child Disability Payment: high level statistics to 30 September 2024
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
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