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What Tax-Free Childcare is, who can get it and how to apply.
Tax-Free Childcare can help with the cost of paying for childcare. You’ll…
Whether you can get Tax-Free Childcare depends on: your child’s age and…
You cannot get Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as claiming Universal…
Use this service to apply for Tax-Free Childcare. If you live in England,…
To keep getting Tax-Free Childcare you must sign in to your childcare…
Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.
You get Child Benefit if you’re responsible for bringing up a child who…
There are 2 Child Benefit rates. Who the allowance is for Rate (weekly)…
Child Benefit is usually paid every 4 weeks on a Monday or Tuesday. You…
Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child. You normally qualify…
You can claim Child Benefit 48 hours after you’ve registered the birth of…
You must report any change of circumstances to the Child Benefit Office.…
Contact the Child Benefit Office if you have any questions. If you…
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.
You can get help with the cost of childcare through: Tax-Free Childcare…
All 3 to 4-year-olds in England can get 570 free hours per year. It’s…
Your 2 year old can get 15 hours of free childcare a week if you live in…
You may be able to claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re…
The following schemes are closed to new applicants: childcare vouchers…
School or sixth form You could get weekly payments through Care to Learn…
High Income Child Benefit Charge - check if you're affected, how and when to pay this tax charge, opt out, restart Child Benefit payments or tell HMRC about a change in your circumstances.
Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.
Sure Start Maternity Grant is a £500 payment to help with the costs of a new baby: what you'll get, eligibility and how to apply (claim form SF100).
Estimate the Child Benefit you've received and your High Income Child Benefit tax charge
How and when to report changes that affect your Child Benefit payments, such as earnings going above £60,000. How to update a change of address or bank details.
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
Check what help you could get with childcare through Tax-Free Childcare, Free Childcare for Working Parents and free education and childcare for 2 to 4-year-olds.
Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents
Disabled Facilities Grants help towards the costs of making changes to your home so you can continue to live there
Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
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 split…
How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits buy foods such as milk or fruit.
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