The Short Answer
Adult Disability Payment pays £76.70 or £114.60 a week for the daily living part and £30.30 or £80.00 for the mobility part in 2026/27. The four figures are identical to PIP. The two parts are awarded separately, so a claim can hold one, the other or both, and the highest combined award is £194.60 a week. mygov.scot states that ADP is paid every 4 weeks.
Every Combination
The table below sets out the position, with each figure taken from the source named beneath it.
| Award | Weekly | Every 4 weeks | A year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily living standard | £76.70 | £306.80 | £3,988.40 |
| Daily living enhanced | £114.60 | £458.40 | £5,959.20 |
| Mobility standard | £30.30 | £121.20 | £1,575.60 |
| Mobility enhanced | £80.00 | £320.00 | £4,160.00 |
| Both at the standard rate | £107.00 | £428.00 | £5,564.00 |
| Both at the enhanced rate | £194.60 | £778.40 | £10,119.20 |
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Why They Match PIP
Adult Disability Payment replaced PIP in Scotland at the same rates and against the same activities. mygov.scot publishes the same four figures GOV.UK publishes, and the assessment criteria are the statutory activities and descriptors in the same form. The DWP's disability living allowance rates for the same year use the same four weekly amounts, spread across five bands. New claims made after State Pension age are paid at the Pension Age Disability Payment rates instead.
What differs is process rather than money: Social Security Scotland allows 42 calendar days to request a re-determination against the DWP's 1 month, uses consultations rather than assessments, and pays Short-term Assistance while a challenge is decided.
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A new PIP claim is not possible in Scotland: Adult Disability Payment is claimed instead.
| Feature | PIP (England and Wales) | Adult Disability Payment (Scotland) |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | Department for Work and Pensions | Social Security Scotland |
| Weekly rates 2026/27 | Daily living £76.70 or £114.60; mobility £30.30 or £80.00 | Identical to PIP at every rate |
| Assessment | An assessment at an assessment centre, at your home, over the phone or by video call | A consultation, and only if it's the only way to get the information they need |
| First challenge | Mandatory reconsideration, within one month of the date of the decision | Re-determination, within 42 calendar days (6 weeks) from the decision letter |
| Appeal | To the tribunal within one month of the reconsideration notice | To the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, within 31 calendar days from the re-determination letter |
| Terminal illness | Special rules claim with an automatic award of the higher daily living part | You automatically get the enhanced daily living award |
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Source: GOV.UK; mygov.scot, Adult Disability Payment and How to challenge a decision
The Points Thresholds Are the Same Too
8 points in a component pays the standard rate; 12 points pays the enhanced rate. The two components are scored separately and their points never combine, exactly as under PIP.
Terminal illness is handled without an assessment. mygov.scot states that "if you're terminally ill you'll automatically get the enhanced daily living award".
When They Change
Each April. The 2026/27 figures took effect in April 2026 and stand until the next uprating, and uprating is applied automatically to awards in payment.
The previous year's figures were £73.90 and £110.40 for daily living and £29.20 and £77.05 for mobility. A backdated period spanning early April is priced in segments, one per benefit year, exactly as a PIP arrears calculation is.
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Where This Sits
The rates are the easy half; the process is where Scotland diverges. The four figures above are identical to PIP; the challenge window is 42 calendar days against 1 month, and the appeal goes to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland within 31 days. Consultations, the missed-deadline right of appeal and Short-term Assistance are set out on Adult Disability Payment, and the PIP figures for the same year are on current year amounts.