If your benefit moves from the Department for Work and Pensions

Your disability benefit may:

This change affects some other benefits and services. When it happens, you must tell some of the organisations who provide these.

If you get Universal Credit

If you get Universal Credit, you must tell them if your benefit moves to Social Security Scotland. This will make sure your payments continue.

You can do this either by:

Tax credits ended on 5 April 2025. You could still get a payment from HMRC if both:

Social Security Scotland backdates your disability benefit to a time when you got tax credits
you tell HMRC within 1 month of getting your new decision

Your carer does not need to tell anyone that your benefit has moved to Social Security Scotland. They’ll continue to get their Carer’s Allowance.

You do not need to contact your local council if your benefit has moved to Social Security Scotland and you get:

You can visit your local council website to find out about these benefits.

Benefits advice

Contact the Department for Work and Pensions to tell them that your benefit moved to Social Security Scotland.

If you get either:

Let HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) know if your disability payment rate changed after your benefit moved to Social Security Scotland.

If you get Child Disability Payment or Adult Disability Payment, and your carer gets Carer’s Allowance, you do not need to contact anyone.

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