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Humza Yousaf offers 'absolute assurance' on Scottish Child Payment uptake rates

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Humza Yousaf has given an “absolute assurance” take up rates for the Scottish Child Payment will rise.The Record revealed over 60,000 kids may miss out on the targeted benefit this year.Although around 370,000 children will be eligible for the payment, forecasts suggest only 309,000 children will benefit.After being quizzed about the disparity by Labour MSP Paul O’Kane, the First Minister said:“This is a key area of focus for the Government.

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and I have had a conversation already. "There is already good work being undertaken in relation to marketing and awareness, to make sure that we do everything we possibly can so that every single person that is eligible for that game-changing intervention does take it up.”He added: “I can give Paul O'Kane an absolute assurance we are working hard to do what we can to continue to raise awareness so that everybody who is eligible can take up that game-changing Scottish Child Payment.”The biggest gap is 6-15 year olds, where only 80 per cent of 257,000 children in this age cohort will take it up.The take up rate for under 6s is estimated to be 92 per cent this year.The SCP, a targeted benefit introduced by the Scottish Parliament, is worth £25 a week for every eligible child or £1,300 a year.O’Kane said: “These payments will be a lifeline to thousands of families, and it would be a scandal for so many people to miss out.“The SNP has talked about the need to tackle poverty – now is the time to match their words with action by working to boost uptake and ensure every child gets the support they are entitled to.” To sign up to the Daily Record Politics newsletter, click here . Crime bosses caged for supplying Scotland’s most wanted gangsters with

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