How many people affected by the transition from Personal Independence Payment or Disability Living Allowance to Adult Disability Payment ha…

As of 19 July 2022 we had issued 79 letters to people receiving Personal Independence Payment to let them know the transfer of their award to Adult Disability Payment has begun. These cases were selected as part of our small Personal Independence Payment to Adult Disability Payment pilot. Once Adult Disability Payment launches nationally on 29 August, we will begin selecting large numbers of Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment awards for transfer.
We have also developed and are delivering a strategic communication and engagement plan for case transfer. This includes a series of stakeholder roadshows to key stakeholders as well as stakeholder newsletters. We have also included case transfer messaging in our Adult Disability Payment communications such as media releases, opinion pieces, social media posts on Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland channels and paid for marketing campaigns that have run in the pilot areas. Paid for activity has covered radio, social media, digital and print. We will continue implementing this communication and engagement plan as the case transfer process continues.