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28-Feb-24, 01:20
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
Families of more than 327,000 young people helped by Scottish Child Payment
Scottish Child Payment was helping the families of more than 327,000 children at the end of December last year, official statistics have shown.? The £25-a-week payment helps families as part of a wider package of Scottish Government actions to tackle child poverty and support people during the cost of living crisis.? The figures published today show more than 4,000 extra children were being supported since the previous quarter - the fourth consecutive rise.? Scottish Child Payment launched in February 2021 and it has since risen in value twice - firstly from £10 per week to £20 per week then, in November 2022, to £25 per week. At the time of the second rise, it extended from being a payment for the families of children under the age of six to all those eligible under 16. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/22854)]
Families of more than 327,000 young people helped by Scottish Child Payment
Scottish Child Payment was helping the families of more than 327,000 children at the end of December last year, official statistics have shown.? The £25-a-week payment helps families as part of a wider package of Scottish Government actions to tackle child poverty and support people during the cost of living crisis.? The figures published today show more than 4,000 extra children were being supported since the previous quarter - the fourth consecutive rise.? Scottish Child Payment launched in February 2021 and it has since risen in value twice - firstly from £10 per week to £20 per week then, in November 2022, to £25 per week. At the time of the second rise, it extended from being a payment for the families of children under the age of six to all those eligible under 16. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/22854)]