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Key Scottish Disability Benefit Expanded

Posted in General News on Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

Pension Age Disability Payment is now open for applications in 13 more local authority areas in Scotland. It has been extended to Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee City, Falkirk, Fife, Moray, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles), Perth and Kinross and Stirling.  It is also now available in all three Ayrshire local authority areas - East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire.   

Pension Age Disability Payment is for disabled people or those with a long-term health condition that means they need support looking after themselves or supervision to stay safe. It is available to people of State Pension age and is also available to pensioners who are terminally ill. It is not means-tested and is worth between £290 and £434 a month depending on the needs of the person who gets it (increasing by £5 a month from 1 April 2025).   

Pension Age Disability Payment is replacing Attendance Allowance from the Department for Work and Pensions in Scotland. Social Security Scotland has started transferring the awards of 169,000 people in Scotland who currently receive Attendance Allowance to the new benefit. People currently getting Attendance Allowance do not need to take any action; the transfer will happen automatically in phases throughout 2025. Everyone will continue to receive their payments on time and in the right amount.

More information on Pension Age Disability Payment can be found at  www.mygov.scot/pension-age-disability-payment. 

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