This factsheet covers the impact on benefits if children are looked after and accommodated by the local authority.
This factsheet explains the universal credit rules for kinship carers.
19th January 2021
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are subject to special social security rules. Some are excluded from income-related benefits and instead the local authority...
26th January 2021
A range of new support has been introduced for children in Scotland alongside the UK system over the past two years. The new Scottish child payment will be available to...
07 October 2020
Book our half-day training course on 29 October, delivered online via Zoom
09 September 2020
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8th December 2020
Disability living allowance (DLA) helps meet the additional needs of disabled children. DLA will soon be replaced by a new Scottish benefit, called child disability payment, which will have many...
29th October 2020
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are subject to special social security rules. Some are excluded from income-related benefits and instead the local authority...
26th November 2020
‘Kinship care’ is the situation in which a child goes to live with a member of their extended family or with a family friend. This course looks at benefit issues...
20 July 2020
Support your clients & their families living with a disability by booking one of our two online courses coming up in August
