114 results found for "school age payment"
News - 7 September 2020
Extra help from Best Start GrantLow income parents across Scotland may be able to receive the Best Start Grant which could help ease the financial pressure of Christmas.
News - 10 September 2021
Child Disability Payment opens nationally from NovemberScotland’s Child Disability Payment will open for new applications across the country from 22 November 2021.
News - 7 November 2022
More than £160 million in support paid out across 11 benefits in 2021-2022Social Security Scotland has published its Annual Report and Accounts, which shows that it made £163.6 million in direct payments across 11 Scottish benefits from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
News - 7 September 2020
Social Security Scotland service throughout Covid-19We are working hard to protect our service so that we can continue making payments to people who need them.
Resources - 25 February 2025
National Student Money Week 2025 - Student Carers - ResourcesNews - 1 December 2022
£60m for disabled children in first year of new Scottish benefitMinister urges those eligible to apply Almost £60 million has been distributed to thousands of families with disabled children in the first year of a new Scottish benefit. The latest official figures from Social Security Scotland show the families of nearly 44,000 children and young people were receiving Child Disability Payment in September this year.
News - 7 September 2020
Best Start Grant Early Learning Payment celebrates its first birthday!We are marking the first anniversary of our Best Start Grant Early Learning Payment. From the payment launch in April 2019 to December 2019, we received 41,445 applications and paid out £6.9 million to families across Scotland.
News - 15 February 2022
Applications from across Scotland for new Child Disability PaymentApplications from across Scotland for new Child Disability Payment
News - 7 September 2020
Best Start Grant turns oneSocial Security Scotland is marking the first anniversary of our Best Start Grant Pregnancy and Baby Payment.
News - 20 March 2025
Over £4,900 a year for student carersCarers in full and part-time education could be entitled to over £4,900 a year in financial support from Social Security Scotland.