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Scottish Child Payment - Payments, Eligibility, Applying

11th May 2021

Scottish Child Payment: statistics to 31 March 2021
Key figures
From 9 November 2020 to 31 March 2021, 104,345 applications were received for Scottish Child Payment.

In total, 81,730 applications had been processed as of 31 March 2021. Of these, 92% were authorised, 6% were denied and the remaining 2% were withdrawn.

Between 15 February and 31 March 2021, the total value of Scottish
Child Payments issued was £3.6 million.

As of 31 March 2021, it is estimated that 78,775 children had benefited from at least one payment since Scottish Child Payment officially launched.

Around 96% of applications were made by people aged 18 to 44
by end of March 2021. Less than 1% of applications were made
by people under 18 and 3% by people aged 45 or over.

Applications were received from people living in all 32 local
authorities in Scotland. The highest number of applications were
17,330 from Glasgow City, 8,395 from North Lanarkshire, and
7,815 from Fife.

Between 15 February when the benefit officially launched and 31
March 2021, the total value of Scottish Child Payments issued
was £3.6 million.

As of 31 March 2021, Social Security Scotland had issued 93,060
payments to 60,920 individual clients. An estimated 78,775
children have benefited from at least one payment since Scottish
Child Payment launched on 15 February 2021.

Payments were issued to clients living in all 32 local authorities in
Scotland. The highest total value of payments was made to
clients in Glasgow City at £590,930, North Lanarkshire at
£289,860 and Fife at £270,910.

Scottish Child Payment is a new 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.

Initially the payment will be available to parents or carers with one or more children under the age of six. There are no limits on the number of eligible children supported by Scottish Child Payment and families will be able to apply for £10 per child, per week.
Scottish Child Payment will be administered by Social Security Scotland through an application-based process, and will be paid on a four-weekly basis.

Social Security Scotland remain committed to rolling out the benefit to families with children under 16, planned for the end of 2022. This is subject to data on qualifying benefits being received from the Department for Work and Pensions to allow us to make top-up payments.

Scottish Child Payment does not count as earned income in the calculation of any other UK or Scottish Government benefits that the applicant, or any person in their household, currently receive.
The payment can be used for any purpose by the recipient and for example could help with the cost of childcare, nappies or other essentials.

Eligibility
A person may be eligible for Scottish Child Payment if all of the following apply:
 They live in Scotland
 They or their partner are getting certain benefits or payments
 They or their partner are the main person looking after a child who's under 6 years old
The main person looking after the child (if any) might want to complete the application form, and use their bank details for payment.
The qualifying benefits are:
 Child Tax Credit
 Income Support
 Pension Credit
 Working Tax Credit
 Universal Credit
 Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
 Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.

Further details about the benefit can be found at https://www.mygov.scot/scottish-child-payment/