Benefits for families

Services

  • Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.

  • Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim

  • Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, Learner Support.

  • Child Trust Fund accounts - find a lost account, how to make payments, managing the account

  • Check if your child can get free school meals - and find out how to apply on your local authority’s website.

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Transparency and freedom of information releases