Expecting a baby
Find out more about specific benefits and services
- If you are expecting a baby, work for an employer and earn enough to be relevant for National Insurance (NI) purposes (this is lower than the amount when you have to start paying NI contributions):
check Statutory Maternity Pay. - If your partner is pregnant, you work for an employer and earn enough to be relevant for National Insurance (NI) purposes (this is a lower amount than the amount when you have to start paying NI contributions):
check Paternity Leave and Pay (this link will take you to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website). - If you are expecting a baby and work for an employer, find out about your other rights:
check Guidance on the Rights for Pregnant Women (this link will take you to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website). - If you are expecting a baby and have recently left work, changed jobs or are self-employed:
check Maternity Allowance (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you are expecting a baby and have not worked for some time, cannot get Statutory Maternity Pay or Maternity Allowance, but have paid or been treated as having paid NI contributions:
check Incapacity Benefit (this link will take you to the Jobcentre Plus website). - If you need help with the cost of buying things for your new baby and you or your partner get a low-income benefit or tax credit:
check Sure Start Maternity Grants.