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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…
Information on number of applications and admissions to prison Mother and Baby Units, 2013 to 2015.
Findings and recommendations from a case review of application decisions for mother and baby units in prison and the role of social work.
The national infant feeding survey aims to understand more about how mothers in England feed their babies in the first year after birth.
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.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
A retrospective cohort study reviewing routinely collected data in an Integrated HIV care programme
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
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