Author and acknowledgements

The author

Alison Gillies is a welfare rights worker with CPAG in Scotland, working on its Children and Families Project.

Acknowledgements

Grateful thanks are due to Jo Porter for her time and expertise in checking this Handbook and to Judith Paterson for her ongoing support, encouragement and assistance. Many thanks also to the parent advisers at Contact for their expertise and advice.

Many thanks go to everyone at CPAG in Scotland for their invaluable support and practical help.

Thanks to Kathy Proctor for editing and managing the production of the book and Anne Ketley for updating the index.

CPAG would like to thank the Scottish government for its financial support in the production of this Handbook.

Further training, information and advice

CPAG in Scotland also provides training, advice and information to frontline advisers on benefits and tax credits for families and children. Please contact Alison Gillies on 0141 548 1056 for details of the support we can offer. For specific advice queries, contact our adviser’s advice line on 0141 552 0552 on Monday to Thursday between 10am and 4pm and on Fridays between 10am and 12 noon.

We would be very grateful if users of this Handbook could send any comments, corrections or suggestions for inclusion in the next edition to staff@cpagscotland.org.uk.

The law covered in this Handbook was correct on 30 September 2024 and includes regulations laid up to this date.