The Scottish Government is encouraging families to make a claim for the Best Start Grant School Age Payment before the 2022/23 application window closes at the end of this month. This one-off payment of £267.65 is aimed towards helping families with the cost of their child starting their first year of primary school.
Parents or guardians who are not in receipt of Scottish Child Payment, but receive Tax Credits and certain benefits, who care for a child born between March 1, 2017 and February 28, 2018 are urged to apply before February 28 or they may miss out on money they are entitled to.
Social Security Scotland advises that if a parent or guardian already gets Scottish Child Payment for a child born between these dates they should receive this payment automatically, unless they opted out of automatic payments so they could have more control around when they receive this money. If someone did opt out of automatic payments, they should put their application in now.
