AddRemoveCount: Scotland advice Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook | 2021/22 | 19th ednThe annual Benefits for Students in Scotland Handbook is the most comprehensive guide to benefits and tax credits for students in Scotland.It includes a quick guide to the grants and loans available for further and higher education in Scotland, and clear, easy-to-use information on students’ benefit entitlement and how this is affected by their student income as well as the introduction of universal credit and new Scottish social security benefits. Also included is information on how benefits are affected in vacations and if a student takes time out from their course.Fully updated for the 2021/22 academic year, the book is an invaluable resource for anyone who advises students in Scotland. It is fully cross-referenced to the law and includes easy-to-use checklists and examples.Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Sep, 2021This content was published:2021-09-01Print ISBN 9781910715826Word count66,999Children's Handbook Scotland | 2021/22The annual Children’s Handbook Scotland provides a complete guide to the benefits and tax credits that apply when children are living away from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children looked after by the local authority, and children at residential school, in residential care or in hospital. It covers entitlement when children are living away from home, how local authority payments affect carers’ benefits and tax credits, and how to challenge decisions. Fully referenced to legislation and caselaw, and with easy-to-use checklists and examples, this latest edition remains an essential guide for anyone working with families and children in Scotland.Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date Sep, 2021Print ISBN 9781910715833Word count71,740Subject Tags20212021 titlesCPAG titlesScotlandPoverty in Scotland 2021Published in association with Glasgow Caledonian University SPIRU and WiSE Centre, The Poverty Alliance and I-SPHERE, Heriot-Watt UniversityPoverty in Scotland 2021: towards a 2030 without poverty.Scotland has set statutory targets towards ending child poverty by 2030, and the Scottish government has made wider commitments to eradicating poverty and hunger altogether. Poverty in Scotland 2021 provides a comprehensive but accessible state of the nation assessment of how far the country has come in achieving these goals, and what is now needed to make them a reality.The book draws on the latest data and evidence to give an overview of the scale, nature and extent of poverty, and the impact it has on people and communities. Chapters explore:How poverty in Scotland is defined and measuredWhat causes poverty in Scotland, and whether that poverty is fallingHow policies and processes are working to tackle povertyThe extent to which the lived experience of poverty is shaping policyOver a million of Scotland’s citizens, and nearly one in four of its children, were still living in poverty before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic struck. This indispensable book brings together contributions from leading experts, academics and practitioners to set out how various policy tools, from public finance, economic development and social care to social security, employment and transport can now be utilised to ensure the ambition of a Scotland free of poverty is realised.Poverty in Scotland 2021 is the latest in a series providing an essential resource for politicians, policy makers, teachers, community activists, service providers, academics, students and all those working to end poverty.Author(s): CPAGPrint publication date May, 2021Word count576 View publications archive/old editions > Browse Keywords 16/17 year oldsamount of benefitbedroom taxbenefit capBest Start grantscapitalcare leaverscarerscarer's allowancechallenging a decisionchild benefitchild disability paymentchild tax creditchildrenclaimscouncil tax reductiondisability living allowancedisabled studentsdisregardsemployment and support allowancefull-time studentsfurther educationguardian's allowancehealth benefitshigher educationhospitalhousing benefitincomeincome supportjobseeker's allowancelone parentspart-time studentspension creditpersonal independence paymentScottish child paymentSection 22 paymentsSection 50 paymentsstatutory adoption paystatutory paternity paystudent supportuniversal creditworking tax credit AskCPAG Membership Subscribe to AskCPAG for access to our online library and tools. Subscribe now