If you were getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and have been moved to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or the Adult Disability Payment (ADP), your income might have changed. Find out more about ways you can manage your money to cope with your new circumstances.
What’s in this guide
If your PIP award has reduced or stopped
If you’re now having to manage on less money, read our guide Moving from DLA to PIP – what to do if your award is reduced or stopped.
PIP has been replaced by the Adult Disability Payment (ADP) in Scotland. Find out more about ADP in our guide Adult Disability Payment – an introduction. DLA for children under 16 has been replaced by the Child Disability Payment in Scotland. There is also a small number of adults over pension age who still get DLA and that will continue.
Use our Benefits calculator
If you’re living on a low income or have had an income shock, use our Benefits calculator to quickly find out what you could be entitled to.
If your PIP, ADP or child’s CDP payment is more than you got from DLA
Your health needs or disability might have increased since your last assessment.
If those awards are more than you were getting from DLA, you might now qualify for extra help that wasn’t available before.
Extra benefits and help if your PIP or ADP payment has increased
If you’re now getting the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP or ADP – also called the mobility allowance – you might qualify for help with transport costs. This will be through Motability Scheme or the Blue Badge parking scheme. In Scotland, Motability is called the Accessible Vehicles and Equipment (AVE) Scheme.
You might also qualify for discounts on public transport if you’re getting any rate of PIP or ADP.
Find out more about help with travel costs in our guide Motability, Blue Badge Scheme and discounted travel
Charitable grants if your PIP or ADP award has increased
You might also qualify for charitable help and grants to help with the extra costs of your illness or disability.
Find out more in our guide Charitable grants for ill or disabled people
See if you can get a reduction on your Council Tax bill
You can get a reduction on your Council Tax bill if you’re disabled, and your home has been specially adapted or you need to live in a larger home than you would otherwise need. If you’re the only adult in your household, or you only share your home with a live-in carer (not related to you), you can get 25% off your Council Tax bill.
If you live on your own and have a diagnosed severe mental impairment or live only with others who have this condition, or students, you might qualify for a 100% reduction on your Council Tax.
Find out how more in our guide Benefits to help with your disability or care needs.
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