More than 300,000 children receive the Scottish Child Payment benefit, with almost £250 million paid out since its launch in February 2021.
There was a large spike in applications in November last year, when eligibility for the payment was extended to all under-16s and it was increased to £25 a week.
A total of 121,750 applications were received after this point, the vast majority of applications in the financial year. Social Security Scotland’s statistics showed that the total value of payments issued was £248.6 million up to the end of March this year.This uptake rate is in line with earlier forecasts from the Scottish Fiscal Commission.had issued more than 2.5 million payments to 183,565 people by the end of March 2023.A report from Social Security Scotland said: “Scottish Child Payment is a benefit which has been introduced to tackle child poverty in Scotland.
“It is intended to help low-income families with the costs of raising a child and is available to parents or carers with one or more children under the age of 16.”
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