Call for Evidence for the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment

Closes 23 Aug 2024

Opened 28 Jun 2024

Overview

This call for evidence is being hosted on behalf of Edel Harris OBE in her role as Chair of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment.

This call for evidence is primarily intended for organisations, although anyone can respond. A separate consultation that is primarily intended for people with lived and living experience of accessing – or trying to access – Adult Disability Payment is also available. If you are an individual with lived experience of disability or Adult Disability Payment, you may wish to respond to the consultation instead.

You may find it useful to read or refer to the call for evidence paper while responding, as this contains full background information.

An Easy Read version of the call for evidence paper is also available.

Useful information about responding to this call for evidence

As you complete your response, each page will provide the option to 'Save and come back later' at the bottom. This means you can save your progress and return to the call for evidence at any time before it closes. If you don't use this feature and leave the call for evidence midway through, your response will be lost.

Once you have submitted your response, you can enter your email address to get a pdf copy of your answers sent to you.

On the 'About You' page at the end of this call for evidence, organisations will have the opportunity to tell us more about their work and/or how their response was informed.

After the call for evidence has closed there will be a few months delay before any responses are published. This is because we must check any responses to be published abide by our Terms of Use.

An analysis report will be published some months after the call for evidence has closed. This report will summarise the findings based on all responses submitted. It will be published on the Scottish Government website and you may be notified about it if you choose to share your email address with us. You can also join our consulation mailing list where we regularly list newly published analysis reports.

Why your views matter

The purpose of this call for evidence is to gather evidence from all interested parties to inform recommendations in relation to the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment. This call for evidence is primarily intended for organisations, although anyone can respond.

The call for evidence asks wider questions relating to Adult Disability Payment which will help to inform the Chair's recommendations. It will also provide an opportunity for specific feedback in relation to the areas identified in the Terms of Reference as being specific focus for the review.

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