Publication - FOI/EIR release

Adult Disability Payment statistics: FOI release

Published: 25 February 2025
Topic: Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202400410207
Date received: 19 April 2024
Date responded: 17 May 2024

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

The number of recipients who passed away while waiting for their application for Adult Disability Payment to be processed.

Please provide data since the roll-out of the benefit began, with a breakdown by year.

Response

The below table provides the number of applicants who passed away prior to an initial decision being reached on their application.

Year	Number of deaths before decision
2022	41
2023	162
2024	22
Total	225

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Contact

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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