Answers · Benefit
Who can get Scottish Child Payment?
For children under 16 in Scotland if you receive a qualifying benefit. The 2025/26 rate was £27.15 a week per child. Confirm the current rate. It is paid as well as Child Benefit, not instead of it.
- Paid by Social Security Scotland.
- The catalogue looks for: Living in Scotland.
- The catalogue looks for: A child under 16.
- The catalogue looks for: A qualifying benefit.
- This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.
Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.