Online handbooks, articles and eLearning courses from CPAG about benefits administered by Social Security Scotland and other benefits and payments in Scotland.
This factsheet explains what happens to family benefits if a child becomes looked after and accommodated by the local authority (sometimes called 'looked after away from home').
If you are a full-time student with a long-term illness or disability you may be able to stay on benefits while you are studying. This factsheet explains the rules allowing you to do so.
This factsheet looks at when students who have been in local authority care in Scotland and are eligible for a care-experienced bursary might also be eligible for social security benefits, and how the bursary interacts with these benefits.
This factsheet covers the special rules that apply for young people in further education, or on certain training courses, claiming universal credit, or income support and housing benefit.