The introduction of Adult Disability Payment and extension of Scottish Child Payment to children under 16 will see a major increase in the number of people eligible for benefits in Scotland from this year.
The Scottish Child Payment will increase to £20 from April, giving increased support to 111,000 children under the age of six. Its extension to children under 16 by the end of 2022, subject to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) making data available to the Scottish Government, will see the number of eligible children more than double to 400,000.
Adult Disability Payment, which is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for 297,213 Scots currently receiving the benefit, will be phased in from March, with a nationwide rollout at the end of August.
