Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026-2031 – annex 1: Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 requirements
This annex to Bringing Hope, Building Futures: the third tackling child poverty delivery plan 2026 to 2031 explains how we have met the requirements of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017.
Part D – Additional detail of spend
This section provides additional breakdowns of spend within the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan.
Table 3 sets out how funds previously committed to the Two Child Limit Payment will be reinvested in 2026-27.
Table 4 summarises investment in the Whole Family Support Package in 2026-27.
Table 5 sets out investment from the Tackling Child Poverty Fund in 2026-27.
The tables below outline provisional levels of investment rounded to the nearest £0.1 million. Estimates of investment relating to social security are based on the Scottish Fiscal Commission January 2026 forecasts.
| Action | RESOURCE (£m) |
|---|---|
| Additional spend on devolved benefits as a result of two child limit removal | 14.0 |
| Whole Family Support package [see table 4] | 50.0 |
| Tackling Child Poverty Fund [see table 5] | 61.5 |
| Increase in Scottish Child Payment spending relative to 2025-26 | 21.0 |
| Total | 146.5 |
| Action | RESOURCE (£m) |
|---|---|
| Colleges RISE | 9.0 |
| Training Access Fund | 2.0 |
| Transport to Employment | 19.0 |
| Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund | 20.0 |
| Total | 50.0 |
| Action | RESOURCE (£m) |
|---|---|
| Parental employment opportunities in NHS Scotland | 4.2 |
| National Breakfast Club offer (contribution to overall spend) | 3.0 |
| Childcare Support | 15.0 |
| Flexible Workforce Development Fund | 10.0 |
| Mitigate Local Housing Allowance Freeze (contribution to overall spend) | 5.0 |
| Parental Employability and Financial Support Marketing activity | 0.8 |
| Advice services, including reviews, Child Maintenance Project and support focused to new parents | 1.0 |
| Family Nurse Partnership expansion | 1.1 |
| Bookbug expansion | 0.25 |
| MCR Pathways expansion | 1.0 |
| Whole Family Support in General Practice expansion | 2.2 |
| Implementation of data sharing | 3.0 |
| ‘Once for Scotland’ Data Exchange programme | 2.0 |
| Enabling fund[7] | 0.45 |
| Core funding[8] | 12.5 |
| Total | 61.5 |
Contact
Email: TCPU@gov.scot