Fifth anniversary of the Scottish Child Payment
Tabled 11 February 2026 by Kirsty Blackman
That this House welcomes the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment, introduced by the Scottish Government on 15 February 2021; notes that since being launched at a value of £10 per week this payment will be worth £28.20 per week by April 2026, an increase of over 180%; further welcomes the recent announcement from the Scottish Government that an additional payment for children under one year old who are eligible for the Scottish Child Payment will bring the level of support for those children to £40 a week from 2027; further notes analysis from Child Poverty Action Group that the payment lifts around 50,000 children out of poverty in Scotland; and calls on the Government to match the Scottish Government’s action in this area and replicate the Scottish Child Payment on a UK wide basis by raising the child element of Universal Credit across the UK, recognising that the policy has contributed to Scotland having the lowest level of child poverty in the UK.