Nearly a quarter of households across Scotland and the UK will receive £326 in their bank accounts starting on Thursday.
The payment is the first instalment of the £650 sum delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help families struggling with rising energy bills. The second £324 instalment will be paid in the autumn.
Pensioners and people with a disability will also receive payments of £300 and £150 respectively later this year. It is part of the UK Government's £37 billion support package to help people mitigate the effects of the cost of living crisis.
