If you're late completing a review
Late reviews and suspensions
Your Child Disability Payment could be suspended if you do not return your review pack.
If you return your review pack within 28 days of being suspended, the child’s payments will be backdated.
If Social Security Scotland cannot contact you, they may have to end the child’s Child Disability Payment. This means the child’s payments could stop completely.
Your payments are suspended
Contact Social Security Scotland if:
- you cannot complete the review form
- you'll not be able to pay for things like food and bills if your payment is suspended
Social Security Scotland will not suspend your payment if doing so causes you financial hardship. Contact them to end the suspension and backdate your payments.
They have 31 days to look again at the decision to suspend.
Contact Social Security Scotland about a suspension
Phone Social Security Scotland free on 0800 182 2222 to:
- discuss a suspension
- let them know a suspension will cause financial hardship
- get help to complete a review form
Find out what to do if you need help contacting Social Security Scotland, or are calling from abroad.
Social Security Scotland can also help you to:
- complete the review form
- gather any information you need to complete your review
You can complete your review online at any time, even if your payments are suspended.