Scotland social reports 2020 Scotland

£3.5m paid out in benefits

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Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Over £3.5 million has been paid to West Lothian people in benefits in an 18-month period.According to Social Security Scotland’s annual report, between September 2018 and March 2020, benefits were delivered that support low-income families during the key stages in a child’s life, to people struggling to pay for funerals and to unpaid carers.The support paid to people from the Scottish Government across Scotland over the course of this financial year (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020) totalled £346.7 million.A further three benefits have been introduced since March 2020.

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