The Chair of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, Edel Harris OBE, is consulting on people’s views about the first year of delivery of Adult Disability Payment. This will be used to help inform recommendations to ensure that Adult Disability Payment meets the needs of disabled people. The consultation is mainly meant for people with lived and living experience of accessing – or trying to access – Adult Disability Payment, although anyone can respond. A separate call for evidence that is mainly meant for organisations to respond to is also available.
For those with lived experience:
“I want to hear directly from disabled people, terminally ill people, and people living with long term mental and physical health conditions as part of the Independent Review, about their experiences of Adult Disability Payment. I also want to hear from people and organisations who support people who currently or are likely to access Adult Disability Payment.
You may not identify as a disabled person. You might have a long-term health condition that affects your day-to-day life, but your experience is just as important to me. Gathering all your views will help me to make my recommendations to the Scottish Government.”
Please respond to this consultation using the Scottish Government’s consultation hub, Citizen Space (http://consult.gov.scot). Access and respond to this consultation online at: https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/adult-disability-payment-review-consultation.
You can save and return to your responses while the consultation is still open. Please ensure that consultation responses are submitted before the closing date of 23 August 2024.
To request a version of the consultation in Braille or large print, please e-mail adpreview@gov.scot or phone 0131 244 6212.
If you are unable to respond using our consultation hub, please complete and send the Respondent Information Form (Annex A) to: Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment, c/o Scottish Government, Area 1B (South), Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment: Consultation – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Easy read: Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment: Consultation Easy Read – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
For organisations:
Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment: Call for Evidence – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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