The Adult Disability Payment175 will be replacing the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).176 Those eligible for the payment are: • people who are age 16 to state pension age (which in 2021 will be 65); • people who have difficulties with daily living or getting around (or both) and 168 Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Statement to Scottish Parliament, 1 April 2020 169 Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Statement to Scottish Parliament, 17 November 2020 170 Q161 171 Scottish Government, Child Disability Payment, accessed 24 April 2021 172 Department for Work and Pensions, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children, accessed 24 April 2021 173 Scottish Government, Social Security, Terminal illness, accessed 24 April 2021 174 Scottish Government, Social Security, Disability Assistance, accessed 26 April 2021 175 Scottish Government, Social Security, Disability Assistance, accessed 26 April 2021 176 Department for Work and Pensions, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), accesses 26 April 2021 32 Welfare policy in Scotland • have had the physical or mental difficulty for at least 3 months and expect it to continue for at least 9 months. If a person is terminally ill these qualifying periods do not apply.177