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New Scottish child benefit payment will double to £20 per week from April - how to claim

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon recently announced that the Scottish Child Payment will be doubled to £20 per week per child from April 2022.There are more than 106,000 children aged under six currently living in households that receive payments across Scotland.

The payment is designed to tackle child poverty, providing regular additional financial support for eligible families.The benefit will be fully rolled out to children under the age of 16 by the end of 2022, subject to Social Security Scotland receiving data on qualifying benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which means more than 400,000 children could be eligible for the payment from that point.From 2023/24 it will represent an annual investment from the Scottish

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