Insights into Adult Disability Payment: Evidence from Citizens Advice Scotland
Citizens Advice Scotland has today released the second edition of Insights into Adult Disability Payment: Evidence from Citizens Advice Scotland a short and important publication that both identifies the challenges facing disabled people across Scotland and explores solutions.
Key findings from the briefing include:
Our advice supports the right decisions to be made the first time: an ADP award was granted at initial application in more than half the cases (53%) regarding the Daily Living Component.
Demand for advice about raising an appeal continued to grow: 21% higher as a proportion of all ADP advice compared to this time last year
Our network has been supporting an increasing number of people who have responded to adverts for commercial firms charging for social security support. Any deductions from social security payments risk financial hardship and pushing people into poverty.