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Maternity benefits: technical guidance

Find out about the 2 maternity benefits available under the social security scheme: Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance.

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Maternity benefits: technical guidance

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A guide to the 2 maternity benefits available to women under the social security scheme:

• Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
• Maternity Allowance (MA)

This includes how the maternity benefits are worked out, the eligibility rules and when these benefits may be paid.

• Published: 1 April 2013
• Updated: 1 April 2014

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• 1 April 2014 12:19am: Revisions have been published to the Maternity benefits technical guidance to include the introduction on 1 April 2014 of Maternity Allowance for women who are not employed or self-employed, their baby is due on or after 27 July 2014, and they take part in the business of their self-employed spouse or civil partner.
• 1 April 2013 2:25pm: First published.

• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Collections: DWP detailed benefit guides

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