That the Parliament welcomes the launch of Advice Direct, Scotland’s free online benefits calculator; recognises that the new online tool is the first to fully integrate devolved benefits, including the new devolved benefit, the Scottish Child Payment, which opened on 15 February 2021, to parents or carers on low incomes who have a child under six; welcomes the work of Advice Direct Scotland and its partner InBest in developing this new tool, which will provide people with a free and impartial assessment of their entitlement to a range of benefits including Universal Credit, crisis grants and support payments; recognises that the launch follows an 87% increase in Scotland’s claimant count between December 2019 and December 2020, largely caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommends that all families facing financial hardship use the tool to calculate the benefits that are available to them.