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• Updated: 18 September 2024

Get help and extra support when dealing with HMRC if you have additional needs - for example you have a disability or health condition, if English is not your first language or if you’re experiencing domestic abuse or financial hardship.

• Help you can get

  You can get extra support if your health condition or personal…

• If you cannot use a telephone and need a different way to contact HMRC

  There are other ways to contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) than by…

• If you need information in a different format

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) information is available in accessible…

• If you need help filling in forms

  HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can help you with filling in forms. You…

• If you need more time because of your circumstances

  In certain circumstances, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can give you an…

• If you need information in another language

  You can use a friend or family member as an interpreter when you phone HM…

• If you need someone to talk to HMRC for you

  If you find it difficult to deal with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

If you have a health condition or disability, you’ll have an assessment to work out how much Universal Credit you can get and what you need to do in return.

• Overview

  Universal Credit is a monthly payment to help with your living costs. You…

• Report your health condition or disability

  When you apply for Universal Credit, you can report if you have a health…

• If you have a Work Capability Assessment

  After you’ve reported your health condition or disability or a change in…

• Working and claiming Universal Credit

  You may still get Universal Credit if you work. You must report any change…

• Claiming Universal Credit if you’re nearing the end of life

  If you’re nearing the end of life (for example, due to a life-limiting…

• If you get the severe disability premium

  If you get, or are entitled to, the severe disability premium you may be…

Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.

• Updated: 18 January 2017

Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help

Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.

Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.

FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 2 June 2026

FCDO travel advice for Venezuela. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 1 July 2026

FCDO travel advice for Bolivia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 3 July 2026