Social Security Scotland - Child Disability Payment Schedule Review Decision information: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Request for information 1:
Policy on Child Disability Payment Schedule Review Decision making and how the policy determines the new award start date.
Request for information 2:
Internal guidance related to the Child Disability Payment Schedule Review Decision making and how the policy determines the new award start date.
Response
Request for information 1:
All of the information you have requested is available from the Social Security Website via the following link - Introduction to the Child Disability Payment Decision-Making Guidance - Social Security Scotland.
Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
Request for information 2:
Attached are the relevant extracts from the Social Security internal guidance system:
1. Guidance related to when new determinations take place
2. Guidance related to when a determination is made more than 12 weeks after the client has returned the review pack
3. Guidance related to change of circumstance – change in mobility or care needs
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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
EH1 3DG