CPAG in Scotland Children in Care Project

The main focus of this project is to produce a new handbook giving comprehensive guidance on benefits and tax credits issues where a child is living away from their parents. This might be if the child is at residential school, in residential care, being looked after by the local authority, or in foster care or kinship care. These situations throw up complex benefit and tax credit issues which this new handbook will help demystify.

The new handbook is aimed at advisers and frontline staff such as social workers. It will be published in September 2008 and will be available both in print and online. We will also provide training and ongoing second-tier support to advisers via our advice line service.

You can pre-order your copy of the new handbook now:

Children’s Handbook Scotland
A benefits guide for children living away from their parents 2008/09
September 2008    978 1 906076 17 7    £12

Or contact Betty Kelly on: (0141) 552 3303, email bkelly@cpagscotland.org.uk

Further information

If you are interested in this project and wish to be kept up-to-date with progress, please contact Alison Gillies at 0141 548 1056 or by email at agillies@cpagscotland.org.uk

Advice line and other advice services

The CPAG in Scotland telephone advice line for advisers is open Monday to Thursday 10.00am to 12.00 noon. This service provides advisers with advice on benefits and tax credits entitlements including expert legal interpretation, up to date case law, and support with appeals.

If you work in Scotland and advise people on benefits and tax credit issues, our advice service can help you. The advice line number is 0141 552 0552.

We can also provide advice via email and letter. Please email to advice@cpagscotland.org.uk or write to us at CPAG in Scotland, Unit 9, Ladywell, 94 Duke Street, Glasgow G4 0UW.

This project is funded by the Scottish Government.