DLA is a benefit delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for disabled people that is gradually being replaced by PIP. Over one million people (1.3 million) are claiming DLA across the UK, including 141,328 in Scotland, according to August 2021 figures from the DWP.
Out of the many people claiming the benefit, DLA claimants living in Scotland are being reminded that their disability benefit will be moving to payments administered by Social Security Scotland this year, in a migratory move that is expected to take around three years to complete.
Guidance on the mygov.scot website states: “The process of moving people on DLA who were born on or after April 8, 1948 starts in summer 2022. It will take around three years to move everyone.
“If you were born before April 8, 1948 then your benefit will move later.”
It goes on to confirm that DLA claimants will still keep receiving their regular payments from the DWP until their benefit moves over to the Scottish welfare system.
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If someone’s DLA is ending, they will get a letter inviting them to apply for PIP.
If they do apply, they’ll need to do it within 28 days.
DLA will continue to be paid until at least 28 days after a decision is made about their PIP application.
If someone is eligible for PIP, they will start getting PIP payments as soon as their DLA payments end.
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Someone’s DLA will end when the DWP sends a letter asking them to claim PIP instead.
The DWP will automatically send a letter when any of the following happen:
- They reach the end of the fixed period of their DLA award
- They turn 16 – unless they person is terminally ill
- They report a change in their ability to do everyday tasks or get around – or the DWP finds out about a change
Even if none of these happen, at some point the DWP will send a letter to everyone aged 16 or over who was born on or after April 9, 1948. The DWP expects this to happen in the next few years.
PIP is a disability benefit paid by the DWP to anyone under state pension age who has trouble carrying out certain tasks.
PIP is a disability benefit paid by the DWP to anyone under state pension age who has trouble carrying out certain tasks.
Tasks include things like washing, dressing and making decisions about money.
If the DWP sends a letter asking a person to claim PIP, they should start their claim within four weeks.
To qualify they must have been diagnosed with a long-term illness, disability or mental health condition.
How much someone receives depends on the intensity of their condition and how it affects their ability to carry out everyday tasks.
Britons could receive up to £152 per week to help them meet additional costs associated with having a disability.
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