Child Benefit is a payment made to people who are responsible for bringing up a child aged below 16 or a young person under 20, if they are still in full-time education or on certain approved training courses. The benefit is usually paid every four weeks on a Monday or a Tuesday, however, it can be paid weekly if you are a single parent or also receiving certain benefits, such as Income Support.
August 1 is a public holiday in Scotland, which means some 532,180 parents and guardians in receipt of the benefit will not get any payments on that date, however, money will land in accounts on the next working day.
Guidance on GOV.UK indicates that anyone expecting payments on Monday, August 1, these will now go in on Tuesday, August 2 and anyone due to be paid on Tuesday, August 2 will receive the cash on Wednesday, August 3.
