Child Disability Payment: FOI release

Information requested

Request for Information 1:

The number of Child Disability Payment applicants who died prior to the approval of their application in 2023.

Request for Information 2:

The date of when each applicant had applied for Child Disability Payment.

Request for Information 3:

The date each application was approved.

Request for Information 4:

The date Social Security Scotland were informed about the applicant's death.

Response

Request for information 1:

There have been 9 cases were an applicant died prior to the approval of their application in 2023.

Request for information 2, 3 and 4:

	2. Date of Application	3. Date Application Approved	4. Date Notified of Applicants Death
1	14/12/2021	02/08/2023	03/03/2023
2	16/06/2022	13/03/2023	20/02/2023
3	07/11/2022	08/06/2023	31/01/2023
4	06/02/2023	15/05/2023	19/04/2023
5	13/02/2023	12/07/2023	25/05/2023
6	14/04/2023	04/10/2023	02/10/2023
7	30/04/2023	13/12/2023	14/11/2023
8	05/05/2023	02/08/2023	21/06/2023
9	30/10/2023	03/11/2023	02/11/2023

While we cannot comment on individual cases, in the cases where there have been long periods to process the application, there were a number of factors that impacted on wait times, such as verifying identity and awaiting supporting information.

We are committed to giving people timely decisions, while allowing sufficient time to ensure the correct information is in place to get decisions right the first time.

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