Moving from Scotland to England UC, DLA, PIP, LCWRA/WCA

Starfall
Starfall Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited February 2025 in Benefits and income

Can anyone please confirm if moving from Scotland to England means I have to reapply for all the benefits I have again? I have read conflicting information. I used to have PIP in England, but moved to Scotland short term and this was changed to DLA, I’ve read moving back to England means DLA is cancelled and I have to reapply for PIP again, is this correct, and go through the whole PIP process again?
Also how about UC and WCA? Thanks for any help.

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing

    For UC it will be a change of address and your LCWRA element will not be affected.

    Do you mean your PIP was changed to ADP (Adult disability Payment) when you moved to Scotland? I would have expected that to happen, not for it to change to DLA, which no longer exists for working age people.

    When claiming ADP if you move from Scotland to another part of the country you must start a new claim for PIP. Your ADP will then end 13 weeks later. See link.

    https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/adult-disability-payment/change-of-circumstances-while-youre-getting-adult-disability-payment-s/

    You can get Adult Disability Payment for up to 13 weeks and then it will stop. This is to give you time to apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) instead.

    The amount of PIP you get might be the same as, more than or less than the amount of Adult Disability Payment you were getting.

    You should tell Social Security Scotland that you've moved.

  • Starfall
    Starfall Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    hi yes sorry I meant ADP, thank you. At least thats good to know it won’t happened for UC. Thank you

  • crystal4202004
    crystal4202004 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/983594#Comment_983594

    I don't mean to be rude Scotland and England are 2 completely separate countries aswell as Wales is a separate country and so on. So you would only have this happen if you moved from this country (Scotland) to England (another country) not "across the country" as you had earlier mentioned

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 4,245 Championing
    edited April 10

    This thread was created over a year ago and @poppy123456

    who is currently inactive on this forum responded by giving her advice stating that @Starfall

    should let Scottish social security that they had moved.

    It seems obvious that she meant move to another country and not "across the country".

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