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Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for: Statutory…
Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: Ordinary Maternity…
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of…
Statutory Maternity Leave You qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave if:…
Statutory Maternity Leave At least 15 weeks before your due date, tell…
Maternity benefits Use a benefits calculator to see what help you can get…
Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - eligibility, what you get, how to claim.
When you take time off because your partner’s having a baby, adopting a…
Paternity leave You can take up to 2 weeks’ leave. You can take both weeks…
The statutory weekly rate of Paternity Pay is £194.32, or 90% of your…
You must be taking time off to look after the child and be one of the…
The rules and forms are different if you adopt. You claim Paternity Pay…
Eligibility To get Paternity Pay, you must have been continuously employed…
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…
You and your partner may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and…
To be eligible for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared…
You can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between…
You can only start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay…
You can book up to 3 separate blocks of Shared Parental Leave (SPL)…
To get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) you must:…
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council.
Form for foster carers to prove they meet the required training, support and development (TSD) standards.
Guidance and template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.
Form for family and friends foster carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards.
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
Form A64: Application to receive information from court records Section 60(4) Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Form A107: Consent by the child's parent to adoption by their partner. The Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Form A4: Application for revocation of an order freeing a child for adoption.
Checklist detailing the paperwork adoption agencies must include in intercountry adoption applications they submit to DfE.
Form A51: Application for variation of a placement order (Section 23 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
Form A106: Withdrawal of consent. Sections 19 and 20 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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