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Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1

• Overview

  Maternity Allowance is a payment you can get when you take time off to…

• Eligibility

  You can get Maternity Allowance for up to 39 weeks if you’ve been either:…

• What you'll get

  Use the maternity entitlement calculator to work out how much you could…

• How to claim

  You can apply for Maternity Allowance once you’ve been pregnant for 26…

• Report a change of circumstances

  You need to report changes in your circumstances that happen while you’re…

Find out about different rules for entitlement for some employment types like agency workers, directors and educational workers.

• Updated: 1 September 2017

Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.

• Updated: 6 April 2025

Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance for parents

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

Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.

• Updated: 1 January 2013

Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like

Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates

• Updated: 6 May 2022