Each updated publication of Scottish Child Payment statistics can include revisions of numbers of applications received, processed, processing times and payment values going back to November 2020.

This is because each time figures are published they will be based from a new 100% data cut from the case management system, which can include retrospective changes to data going back to November 2020 as described in the How the data is collected section.

Months that are more recent tend to be subject to a greater degree of revision than more distant ones.

Compared to the previous publication, there has been minor revisions in number of applications received and processed since January 2022 which is reflected in Table 1 and Table 2 of the publication tables.

Additionally, there are minor revisions since November 2022 relating to processing times, which can be seen in Table 5.

A new data source is now being used for Scottish Child Payment re-determinations as part of an ongoing piece of work to improve the reporting of re-determinations and appeals across all benefits.

This data source and the resulting outputs are currently being reviewed, and figures from April 2022 onwards may subject to change.