ADP · Adult Disability Payment · Scotland
ADP refused, or awarded too little? Get a professional re-determination letter, in 48 hours.
A professional Adult Disability Payment re-determination request, built from your decision letter and your evidence, arguing every activity and the points you should have. £49 flat fee. No percentage of your backpay. No hidden costs.
Refused ADP, or given too few points? A re-determination is your first step.
If Social Security Scotland refused your Adult Disability Payment, or gave you fewer points than you should have, you ask for a re-determination before you can appeal. Social Security Scotland looks at your whole application again.
ADP uses the same activities and points as PIP: 8 points for the standard rate and 12 for the enhanced rate, in daily living and in mobility. Your letter argues each activity where you should have scored more.
42 days (6 weeks) from the date on your decision letter. A late request can be accepted up to a year after the decision, with a good reason.
Four routes, argued in one letter.
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 your consultation report or the decision missed or misrecorded what you said, we point it out.
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.
42 days to ask. Here’s your date.
Enter the date on your decision letter to see the last day to ask for a re-determination.
Ask for a re-determination by
Enter your date
42 days from the date on the letter. A late request can be accepted up to a year after the decision, with a good reason.
Start My ADP Letter — £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 re-determination and any appeal go 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 ask for the re-determination. mygov.scot explains Short-term Assistance.
What’s included for £49
Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.
ADP Re-determination Letter
Drafted & reviewed by Neil Dhillon — former DWP decision maker
£49
Flat fee · One-time
Re: Your ADP re-determination letter — what’s inside.
- A fully personalised letter — built from your decision 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 decision challenged — where the consultation report or the decision got it wrong, point by point.
- A step-by-step submission guide — how to send it to Social Security Scotland, and what happens next. Free revisions included.
What happens next: secure card payment → tell us about your decision and upload your 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.
From decision to appeal, at a glance.
The Scottish deadlines, and where your letter does its work.
- Day 0Decision letterSocial Security Scotland decides your ADP.
- By day 42Ask for a re-determinationYour letter goes in, complete, with every activity argued.
- Within 56 daysA new decisionOr, if it’s late, you can appeal without waiting.
- 31 daysAppeal if neededTo the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland.
Three ways to challenge an ADP decision. Pick the one that fits.
Doing it yourself is free if you have the time and energy. Percentage firms take a share of your backpay. We’re £49 flat.
Write it yourself
Free
+ your time
The decision letter and your time
- No upfront cost
- Easy to miss the reliability rules
- Written while exhausted and unwell
- A weak base for tribunal if it fails
Best if: you know the ADP descriptors well and have the energy to write 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: not published
- No fee unless they win
- Up to 40% + VAT of your backpay
- 2–4 weeks to receive the letter
- You rarely see the submission
Best if: you don’t mind giving up a large share and won’t read the letter before it goes.
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 letter without losing thousands to a percentage firm.
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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
Refused ADP? Let’s get it corrected.
A professional ADP re-determination letter, built from your documents. £49 flat. In your inbox within 48 hours.
Every activity, every point, argued in one letter.
- Every activity argued, daily living and mobility.
- The reliability rules applied to you.
- The decision challenged point by point.
- A submission guide for Social Security Scotland.
- Free revisions if you remember something or get new evidence.
What happens after the re-determination
Two outcomes that matter.
The re-determination succeeds
Your ADP is paid at the right rate, backdated. If Social Security Scotland hasn’t decided within 56 days, you can appeal to the tribunal without waiting.
The decision doesn’t change
You get a re-determination letter, with 31 days to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. Your letter becomes the foundation. See our ADP tribunal letter.
Live in England or Wales? You need our PIP reconsideration letter instead. See all our services.
Questions about an ADP re-determination.
If your question isn’t covered, email us at support@pipappeal.org.uk and we’ll reply same day.
Social Security Scotland has 56 days to make a new decision once it accepts your request. If it doesn’t decide in time, you can appeal straight to the tribunal.
Your decision letter is essential. Your consultation report helps if you had a consultation, along with any letters from doctors and your own notes on the activities you find hard.
Online through mygov.scot, by phone, or on the re-determination form that came with your decision letter. Your letter comes with a step-by-step guide. mygov.scot explains how to challenge a decision.
Yes, it can. A re-determination looks at your whole application again, so the award can go up or down. Your letter only argues what your evidence supports.
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 decision challenged point by point. It’s written in your voice, as a PDF and a Word document, with free revisions.
No. We are a professional letter-writing service, not a firm of solicitors, and we don’t give regulated legal advice. You’re free to speak to a welfare rights adviser or Citizens Advice Scotland at any point.
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. We guarantee your case is presented in the strongest terms the law and your evidence allow.
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 re-determination and any appeal go on. It isn’t available on a new application.
You can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland within 31 days of your re-determination letter. Our ADP tribunal letter is the same £49 and builds on this one.
Yes, as long as it’s within a year of the decision. A late request needs a good reason, such as being too unwell or in hospital, and your letter includes that explanation.
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