Child Disability Payment: service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers

2. Scope and Principles

2.1 This Agreement sets out the provisions of the relationship between Scottish Ministers and DWP in relation to the Child Disability Payment (CDP) and 'the Services' DWP will provide to support this. The Services are described in Annexes A to Y.

2.2 CDP has replaced DWP's Disability Living Allowance for children (DLAc) and is administered by Social Security Scotland. DWP will continue to deliver an operational service until the transfer of DLAc cases for clients resident in Scotland is complete. This arrangement is covered by the terms of the 'Disability Living Allowance' and 'Personal Independence Payment' Agency Agreements, as referenced, in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.

2.3 Where a client is in receipt of CDP in the qualifying period for Christmas Bonus, Scottish Ministers will provide data to DWP to assess eligibility. Details of the specific data being shared can be found in the '[Redacted] Data Sharing Agreement' as referenced, in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.

2.4 Under the '[Redacted] Data Sharing Agreement', as referenced in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement, from 26^th July 2021, DWP have provided the necessary data to enable Social Security Scotland to take new applications to CDP for children resident in Scotland.

2.5 DWP and Scottish Ministers shall work in partnership to ensure that the Services are delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2.6 The partnership will seek continuous improvement in delivery standards including sharing lessons from delivery of the service insofar as relevant.

2.7 Each party will act transparently and work in a practical way in regard to reaching mutual agreement on any issues that may arise.

2.8 DWP will deal with customer enquiries relating to CDP by sign posting customers to Social Security Scotland.