£20,701,428 paid out to Angus’ families since 2021
Graeme has welcomed a “momentous milestone” reached in Scottish Child Payments following today’s news that £1,022,600 has been paid out to recipients since the payment was launched in 2021.
In Angus, £20,701,428 has been paid out over the last four years, with 6,545 children benefitting as of December 2024. The median processing time for applications has also improved to nine days, reducing from 13 days the previous year.
Eradicating child poverty is our top priority.
— Scottish Government (@scotgov) February 24, 2025
As part of our commitment, we:
will invest almost £800 million more in social security benefits than last year's Budget
commit to mitigating the UK Government’s two child benefit cap from 2026 pic.twitter.com/mpZflnCc9f
Following the passing of the Scottish Budget – which Scottish Labour inexplicably refused to vote for – the Scottish Child Payment will increase again to £27.15 per week from 1st April 2025. This comes alongside the beginning of work to scrap Labour’s two-child cap which is pushing 15,000 children into poverty.
Today marks a momentous milestone and signifies the transformational impact of this policy in just four years – lifting children out of poverty and supporting those in Angus who need it most.
GRAEME
The Scottish Child Payment is one of the SNP’s greatest and most transformative achievements in government, and I am pleased to see 6,545 children across Angus benefitting.
Thanks to the SNP’s Scottish Budget, the payment will increase again from April in line with inflation to ensure its value and impact is maintained – with only Labour and Tory MSPs refusing to back it.
That’s what you get under a Swinney government: delivery for people across Angus as we work to eradicate child poverty.
