Question reference: S6W-22996
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 17 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many children it expects will receive support from the Child Winter Heating Payment in the current financial year, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Fiscal Commission publish estimates and forecasts of the number of people receiving payments for Child Winter Heating Assistance. The Scottish Fiscal Commission do not publish estimates and forecasts for the number of people receiving payments by area within Scotland. In their May 2023 publication it was forecast that a total of 29,000 people will receive payments in the financial year 2023-24.
Social Security Scotland publish statistics for the number of historic payments for Child Winter Heating Assistance by Local Authority. Statistics for 2023-24 are not yet available.
Table 1: Number of payments for Child Winter Heating Assistance made in Winter 2022-23 by Local Authority area
Local Authority | Winter 2022-2023 |
Aberdeen City | 670 |
Aberdeenshire | 870 |
Angus | 525 |
Argyll & Bute | 370 |
City of Edinburgh | 1655 |
Clackmannanshire | 285 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 720 |
Dundee City | 895 |
East Ayrshire | 575 |
East Dunbartonshire | 415 |
East Lothian | 445 |
East Renfrewshire | 450 |
Falkirk | 845 |
Fife | 1965 |
Glasgow City | 3820 |
Highland | 1055 |
Inverclyde | 480 |
Midlothian | 655 |
Moray | 385 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 50 |
North Ayrshire | 730 |
North Lanarkshire | 2125 |
Orkney Islands | 60 |
Perth and Kinross | 745 |
Renfrewshire | 800 |
Scottish Borders | 380 |
Shetland Islands | 90 |
South Ayrshire | 425 |
South Lanarkshire | 1955 |
Stirling | 375 |
West Dunbartonshire | 620 |
West Lothian | 1095 |
Other Scottish Address | 5 |
Non-Scottish UK Address | 25 |
Unknown | 15 |
Total | 26555 |
Source: Social Security Scotland Statistics - Publications