Publication - FOI/EIR release

Advance Payment Scheme applications: FOI release

Published: 3 June 2020
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate
Part of: Children and families, Money and tax, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202000031315
Date received: 22 April 2020
Date responded: 1 June 2020

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

The official number of successful applicants, and those still under consideration for the advance payment scheme, since the age limit was reduced to sixty eight on December 4th 2019 up until the current date.

Response

The answer to your question is as follows: In the period from 4th December 2019 to 22nd April 2020 there were a total of 143 applications, 121 of which were approved and 22 were in progress. Of these, a total of 65 were from applicants aged either 68 or 69, 57 of which were approved and 8 were in progress.

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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