People across Scotland and the UK who claim Child Benefit were left confused after receiving a smaller-than-expected sum in their bank account on Friday.
Child Benefit is a benefit intended to offer financial support to parents or guardians of children under the age of 16, or anyone under the age of 20 who is in full-time education or training.
Most claimants receive their money on a monthly basis, but single parents or those getting certain other benefits like Income Support can have it paid weekly.
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Claimants receive £21.80 a week for their eldest child, and £14.45 for each additional child.
However, parents and guardians have taken to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook expressing their confusion after receiving less money than usual.
Why am I only getting £21.80 in Child Benefit?
The reason why many claimants have received a lower Child Benefit payment than usual is due to the Queen's Jubilee bank holiday weekend.
In cases where Child Benefit payments fall on a bank holiday week, HMRC may send the money early.
As a result, many claimants have had their monthly payments been split up, meaning they have only been given the cash for one week — £21.80.
The remainder of the money they are due will be paid next week, and does not need to be chased up.
Taking to Twitter to explain, HMRC wrote: "If you are a Child Benefit customer, you may get full or partial payments earlier than expected due to the upcoming bank holidays.
"Customers don’t need to call - everyone will still get their full payment by their expected date."
