CPAG search

Universal credit is the main working age, means-tested benefit for people in Scotland and throughout the UK.

When a Scottish benefit is refused, an award is wrong or there is an overpayment, what steps can you take to put things right?

This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.

‘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 that arise for kinship carers.

Universal credit (UC) claimants often have difficulties getting the housing costs element included in their claim and having the right amount paid on time.

Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.

A system of Scottish disability benefits is replacing personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA) and attendance allowance (AA) for people living in Scotland.