ADP · Adult Disability Payment · Scotland
Lost your ADP re-determination? Get a professional tribunal submission, in 48 hours.
A professional Adult Disability Payment tribunal appeal submission, built from your documents, arguing every activity and the points you should have, for the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. £49 flat fee. No percentage of your backpay. No hidden costs.
Lost at re-determination? The tribunal looks at everything again.
An ADP tribunal is an independent hearing at the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Chamber), not Social Security Scotland. The panel is a legally qualified convener, a medical member and a disability member. It looks at your points again, activity by activity.
It’s not a courtroom. No wigs. No dock. No rows of spectators. Most hearings take place in a small, quiet room with a table and a few chairs. The panel’s job is to understand how your condition affects you — not to catch you out.
31 days from the date on your re-determination letter to send your appeal. A late appeal can be accepted up to a year with a good reason.
Every activity, every point, argued for the panel.
Points are won activity by activity. We argue every one that fits your case.
Every activity, scored
The descriptor that fits you for each daily living and mobility activity, with the points it carries, to reach 8 or 12.
The reliability rules
You can only count as able to do something if you can do it safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time.
More than half the time
A descriptor applies if it fits you on more than 50% of days. We show how often, with your own examples.
The decision, challenged
Where the consultation report, the decision or the re-determination got it wrong, we point it out.
Three people, a table, and no court.
An ADP hearing room, seen from above. Hover over or tap a panel member to see where they sit.
ADP and PIP: what’s different.
The points are the same. The rules, deadlines and help along the way are not.
| What | ADP (Scotland) | PIP (England and Wales) |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides | Social Security Scotland | The DWP |
| First challenge | Re-determination | Mandatory reconsideration |
| Time to ask | 42 days | One month |
| Time to decide | 56 days, or you can appeal straight away | No fixed limit |
| Appeal to | First-tier Tribunal for Scotland | First-tier Tribunal (SSCS) |
| Time to appeal | 31 days | One month |
| Help while you challenge | Short-term Assistance, if an existing award was cut or stopped | None |
| Activities and points | The same 12 activities, 8 and 12 points | The same 12 activities, 8 and 12 points |
Different rules, different deadlines. A letter written for PIP gets the details wrong.
31 days to appeal. Here’s your date.
Enter the date on your re-determination letter to see the last day to send your appeal to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland.
Send your appeal by
Enter your date
31 days from the date on the letter. A late appeal can be accepted up to a year after the re-determination, with a good reason.
Start My ADP Appeal — £49 →Award cut or stopped? Short-term Assistance can top it back up.
If Social Security Scotland reduced or stopped an award you’ve had for a while, you can apply for Short-term Assistance while your appeal goes on. It replaces the amount you lost, and you keep it even if the challenge fails.
Not available on a new application. Apply when you send your appeal. mygov.scot explains Short-term Assistance.
What’s included for £49
Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.
ADP Tribunal Appeal Submission
Drafted & reviewed by Neil Dhillon — former DWP decision maker
£49
Flat fee · One-time
Re: Your ADP tribunal submission — what’s inside.
- A personalised tribunal submission — built from your decision, your re-determination letter, your consultation report if you had one, and your evidence. Not a template.
- Every activity argued — daily living and mobility, against the descriptors and the points they carry, to reach 8 or 12.
- The reliability rules applied — safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in a reasonable time, with the more-than-half-the-time rule.
- The re-determination challenged — point by point, where it got your points wrong.
- Your evidence referenced — so the panel can find what supports each activity.
- A step-by-step submission guide — how to send your appeal and what happens next. Free revisions included.
What happens next: secure card payment → tell us about your case and upload your re-determination letter → we draft and deliver within 48 hours. Add 24-hour delivery (£19), a Letter to Your GP (£9) or the Tribunal Preparation Pack (£14) at checkout.
Points to pounds, a week.
ADP uses the same activities and points as PIP. 8 points gets the standard rate, 12 the enhanced rate, for each part.
| Part | Standard 8 to 11 points | Enhanced 12 points or more |
|---|---|---|
| Daily living | £76.70 | £114.60 |
| Mobility | £30.30 | £80.00 |
| Both parts | £107.00 | £194.60 |
A few points can be the difference between rates. Moving from standard to enhanced on both parts is worth £87.60 a week, about £4,555 a year.
Your appeal, start to finish.
What happens after you send your appeal, and where your submission does its work.
Step 1 · You send your appeal
Within 31 days of your re-determination letter, on the appeal form, with your submission.
Your submission helps hereStep 2 · Social Security Scotland responds
It sends its response and your papers to the tribunal, and you get a copy.
Step 3 · You can reply
Send new evidence or comments on its response. Your submission already answers it.
Your submission helps hereStep 4 · Your hearing date
At least 14 days’ notice of when and where, or of a video or phone hearing.
Step 5 · The hearing
The panel asks questions. It has read your submission first.
Your submission helps hereStep 6 · The decision
Usually given on the day, sometimes in writing afterwards.
The highlighted steps are where your submission does its work. Tap any step to read it again.
Three ways to appeal an ADP decision. Pick the one that fits.
Doing it yourself is free if you have the time and energy. No-win, no-fee firms take a share of your backpay. We’re £49 flat, and you keep every penny of your award.
Write it yourself
Free
+ your time
Your decision letters and your time
- No upfront cost
- Easy to miss the reliability rules
- Written while exhausted and unwell
- Long appeal bundles, easy to miss what matters
Best if: you know the ADP descriptors well and can draft a legal argument under stress.
Other firms
Up to40%
+ VAT, of your backpay
Example: on £6,400 of backpay (about 33 weeks of PIP), they’d take about £3,072.
Success rate: rarely published
- No fee unless they win
- Up to 40% + VAT of your backpay
- 2–4 weeks to receive the submission
- You rarely see the document before it’s sent
Best if: you don’t mind giving up a large share and won’t read the submission first.
PIPAppeal
£49
Flat · paid once
Every route argued for you
- Every activity, with the reliability rules
- Delivered in 48 hours
- Reviewed by Neil — ex-DWP decision maker
- You read every word before submission
Best if: you want a professional submission without giving a share of your backpay to a percentage firm.
Start My ADP Appeal — £49
Long COVID & Chronic Fatigue
“DWP conceded two weeks after my submission was filed. Never even had to go to the hearing. Enhanced rate on both components — I had no idea the written submission could do that.”
Fibromyalgia & Depression
“After two failed MRs writing my own letters, I used PIPAppeal for my tribunal. The submission was completely different in tone and structure. Won on the day. Got 18 months of backpay.”
Bipolar Disorder & Mobility Issues
“I was terrified about going. But the submission had laid everything out so clearly that when the panel asked questions, I just had to confirm what was already written. It felt like they were on my side.”
Meet Neil.
A former DWP decision maker who spent 15 years on the inside. Now he writes the letters that overturn refusals.
Inside the DWP
Welfare benefits decision making
Knows the criteria
Trained in current PIP assessment law
Personally reviewed
No letter goes out without his sign-off
Drafted by his team
Across MR and tribunal appeals since 2020
The DWP got it wrong twice. Let’s get it corrected.
A professional ADP tribunal submission, built from your documents. £49 flat. In your inbox within 48 hours.
Every activity, every point, argued for the tribunal.
- Every activity argued, daily living and mobility.
- The reliability rules applied to you.
- The re-determination challenged point by point.
- Your evidence referenced for the panel.
- Free revisions if you remember something or get new evidence.
What happens after the tribunal.
Most hearings end with a decision the same day. Two outcomes that matter.
Win on the day
The tribunal decides your points and rates, and Social Security Scotland puts the decision into effect, backdated.
No decision on the day
Doesn’t mean you’ve lost. The case may be complex, or the panel may want more evidence. You’ll get the decision in writing, or a new hearing date.
Haven’t asked for a re-determination yet? You’ll need to do that first, see our ADP re-determination letter (£49, same as this one). Live in England or Wales? See our PIP tribunal letter, or all our services.
Questions about an ADP tribunal appeal.
If your question isn’t covered, email us at support@pipappeal.org.uk and we’ll reply same day.
A legally qualified convener, a medical member and a disability member ask about the activities you find hard. The hearing isn’t very formal, and it isn’t a court. Describe your typical or worst days, not your best.
Yes. The tribunal looks at the decision again, activity by activity, and decides the points and rates itself. Your submission sets out the points you should have for each activity.
No. The appeal can be decided on the papers instead, but going lets the panel ask you what the papers can’t say. Hearings can be in person, by video or by phone.
Yes. A family member or friend can come with you for support, and you can have a representative if you want one.
Every activity that applies, in daily living and mobility, argued against the descriptors and points; the reliability rules and the more-than-half-the-time rule; and the re-determination challenged point by point, with your evidence referenced. It comes as a PDF and a Word document with free revisions.
No. We write the submission the panel reads before your hearing. If you want someone to represent you in person, Citizens Advice Scotland and local welfare rights services may be able to help free of charge.
On the appeal form that came with your re-determination letter, within 31 days. Your submission comes with a step-by-step guide. mygov.scot explains how to challenge a decision.
If an award you’ve had for a while was reduced or stopped, you can apply for Short-term Assistance, which tops your payment back up while the appeal goes on. It isn’t available on a new application.
Social Security Scotland has 31 days to respond, then you have 31 days to reply to its response. The tribunal then decides how to deal with the case, usually at a hearing, and gives at least 14 days’ notice.
Yes, as long as it’s within a year. A late appeal needs a good reason, such as being too unwell or in hospital, and your submission includes that explanation.
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