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In December 2018, Pregnancy and Baby Payment replaced the Sure Start Maternity Grant in Scotland. The change also expanded the benefit and extended the eligibility of the benefit. The payment is £707.25 for a first child and £353.65 for each child thereafter, with no limit on the number of children that can be claimed for.
Sure Start logo. Sure Start (named Flying Start in Wales, Best Start in Scotland) [1] [2] is a UK Government area-based initiative, announced in 1998 by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, applying primarily in England with slightly different versions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. [3]
Young Carer Grant is a new benefit which provides support to young carers, aged 16 to 18 years old, who care for someone for at least 16 hours a week but do not qualify for Carer's Allowance. Young Carer Grant launched in October 2019 and currently is a yearly payment of £359.65. [26]
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a welfare payment in the United Kingdom. It is a one-off payment of £500 to help with the costs of having a child and it is available to those in receipt of certain benefits. [1] In Scotland, Sure Start Maternity Grant has been replaced by Best Start Grant, a new package of benefits delivered by Social Security ...
For the 2009/2010 academic year, students from England and Wales were entitled to a grant of up to £2,906; students from Scotland £2,105; and students from Northern Ireland £3,406. [ 19 ] Maximum maintenance grants in England were frozen at 2009/10 levels in academic years 2010/11 and 2011/12.
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A bursary is a non-repayable income-assessed grant to help students with living costs. A young student can receive a bursary of up to £1,750. To be eligible to receive a bursary an applicant's family have to have a household income of no more than £33,999. An independent student can receive a bursary of £750.
Some aspects of the benefits system – Best Start Grant, Carer's Allowance Supplement, Child Disability Payment, Child Winter Heating Assistance, Funeral Support Payment, Universal Credit (although this is remains a reserved benefit, some powers over how it is paid have been devolved to the Scottish Parliament)