Chapter 6: Children who are ‘looked after and accommodated’
This chapter covers:
1. Benefits and tax credits for children who are ‘looked after and accommodated’ (here) 2. When your child comes home (here) Your benefit and tax credit entitlement changes if your child is no longer living with you because s/he is ‘looked after and accommodated’ under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 – eg, s/he goes to stay in a residential unit or secure accommodation, or s/he has been placed with foster carers. You may have agreed to this or it may be because of a legal order. In this chapter, we use the term ‘looked after and accommodated’ to describe this situation. Sometimes this may be referred to as ‘looked after away from home’.
The information in this chapter applies unless the residential accommodation has been provided solely:
•because of the child’s disability; or
•because the child’s health would be significantly impaired if the accommodation were not provided.