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Ministers can point to big policy interventions - a big lift in childcare, partly to help parents earn, and introduction of the Scottish Child Payment to households with low income, at £26.70 per ...
An impact assessment on measures to tackle child poverty, released in February, estimates that Scottish Government policies will “keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty” in the 2024-25 ...
The Scottish Government has legally-binding targets on child poverty to be met by 2030.
In June 2024, new measures were introduced by the Scottish Government to reduce child poverty figures. New measures include the Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund (CPAF) providing "up to £80,000 per grant towards local projects that test and evaluate new approaches which target at least one of the three drivers of child poverty reduction".
Scottish Child Payment was a new payment announced by the Scottish Government in 2019 as a means to help reduce the prevalence of childhood poverty in Scotland. [17] It was first introduced for eligible families with children under six, with applications open from November 2020 and first payments made in February 2021. [18]
Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 Description English: An Act of the Scottish Parliament to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty; to make provision about plans and reports relating to the targets; and to establish the Poverty and Inequality Commission and provide for its functions.
Scottish Government – Poverty and child poverty data (archived page and file, downloads as csv file – see sheets 1, 2, 4, and 5) Show comments Advertisement
Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC; [1] / ˈ ɡ ɜːr f ɛ k / GUR-fek [2]) is the Scottish Government's approach to supporting children and young people. It is intended as a framework that will allow organisations who work on behalf of the country's children and their families to provide a consistent, supportive approach for all. [ 3 ]