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Welfare Rights Team - Annual Report 2023/2024

Welfare Rights Team - Annual Report 2023/24 - Recurring themes from last financial year

  • Households missing out on Child Benefit being in payment for 16/17 year olds in further non-advanced education.
  • Scottish Child Payment not being claimed for older children.
  • A disconnect between Child Disability Payment being in payment and the corresponding elements of Universal Credit not being in payment.
  • Kinship Carers missing out on Scottish Child Payment.
  • The wrong Local Housing Allowance rate being used in Universal Credit Housing Costs payments.
  • A disconnect between Carers Support Payment being in payment and the corresponding element of Universal Credit not being in payment.