On November 14, Scottish Child Payment will be uprated from £20 to £25 and eligibility will be extended to all under 16 year olds.
The change to this payment will make over 400,000 children eligible for the payment. Scottish Government analysis projects that the increased payment will take 50,000 children out of relative poverty by 2023/24
. Around 104,000 children already receiving Scottish Child Payment for their children under 6 will automatically see their awards increase to £25.
Speaking ahead of her statement to Parliament on the Programme for Government, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon said: “The Scottish Child Payment is unique to Scotland, the most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in the UK and an important action to mitigate the growing cost emergency.
“We doubled the payment to £20 per week per child in April and the further increase to £25 from November means a rise of 150% in less than eight months.”
Social Security Scotland are holding extra events for stakeholders (see dates below) where you can get more information about these changes.
Due to high demand, we have added three new dates to our Scottish Child Payment Stakeholder Event series this month.
You can sign-up here.