Best Start Grant – School Age Payment

We have changed the way that we deliver Best Start Grant School Age Payment

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Eligible families now receive payment automatically

Best Start Grant School Age Payment will be paid from Thursday 1 June 2023.

Parents, carers and guardians who get Universal Credit, tax credits or other qualifying benefits and who have a child born between 1 March 2018 and 28 February 2019 are being urged to check whether they should apply for Best Start Grant School Age Payment or if they now get the payment automatically.

https://www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/news-events/news/we-have-changed-the-way-that-we-deliver-best-start-grant-school-age-payment