The Scottish Conservatives said the SNP’s ‘soft-touch benefits regime fails to tackle unnecessary or fraudulent claims’.
Social Security Scotland delivers disability benefits to people north of the border, not the DWP.
A consultation will also look at raising the age at which young people move from disability living allowance for children to adult disability benefit (PIP), from 16 to 18. The government said it will ...
Most Adult Disability Payment awards are issued by Social Security Scotland for between two and 10 years.
Disability benefits such as PIP or Adult Disability Payment do not count towards the benefit cap.
In most cases, people nearing State Pension age making a new claim for PIP are given a 10-year award.
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