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• How to apply for a Best Start Grant payment

  Find out how to apply for the Best Start Grant and the evidence you'll need to provide. The Best Start Grant is a package of three payments - the Pregnancy and Baby Payment, the Early Learning Payment and the School Age Payment

• Complaints and legal action against the police

  Information on how to complain about police misconduct, what you can complain about, how it is dealt with, referring a complaint to the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner and taking legal action

• Disputing paying back a working or child tax credits overpayment

  What to do if your tax credits are overpaid and you disagree about paying the money back

• Check what benefits you can get

  Get a quick idea of the benefits you can claim, including disability benefits and links to benefit calculators

• Adult Disability Payment

  Adult Disability Payment is a benefit for working-age adults who live in Scotland to help with the costs of having a long-term disability or health condition

• Start the work capability form for Universal Credit

  To apply for Universal Credit if you can't work because you're sick or disabled, you'll need to complete the work capability (UC50) form

• Paying back a working or child tax credits overpayment

  Change how quickly you repay a tax credits overpayment, and find out about other ways to pay

• Changing your name

  How to change a name, how to record it and who to tell about

• After you get refugee status

  Finding new housing and applying for benefits after you get refugee status

• Check if you can get the School Age Payment

  Who can get the School Age Payment and when can you apply for it. Find out more on this page