Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, whether a fall in the rate of successful applications for Adult Disability Payment, reportedly at an all-time low, and now lower than the equivalent payment in England and Wales, is the result of a policy decision(s) by the Scottish Government or Social Security Scotland.
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring disabled people get the support they are entitled to and Social Security Scotland has robust quality assurance and evaluation processes to ensure the accuracy and integrity of decision making. Since the launch of ADP to October 2025, 45% of new applications have been approved, slightly higher than the 44% of new applications awarded PIP in England and Wales over the same period.