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Use form SMP2 if you're an employer and want to record details of an employee's Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).
This easy read guide explains what Maternity Allowance is and how you can apply for it.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
Use the online service or an email to apply for advance of statutory parental, paternal, adoption and maternity pay.
Information on the taskforce that aims to explore disparities in maternity care and identify how the government can improve outcomes for women from ethnic minorities.
Maternity Activity - deliveries in 2020-21, incorporating data from both HES and Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS)
Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set.
A Sure Start Maternity Grant can help with the costs of having a child. These easy read guides explain how it works, who can apply and how to apply.
This review assesses interventions that promote awareness of rights to increase use of maternity care services
Letters that NHS trusts can send patients who are migrants or overseas visitors to explain charging for maternity services.
Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set. This month, we are analysing March 2022 data.
Experimental Statistics. September 2016 monthly publication of experimental statistics from the new Maternity Services Data set.
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