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A pregnant woman may be entitled to a special one-off payment (
tax-free) which is intended to help with the inevitable additional
costs leading up to the birth of the child.
You may be entitled to the grant if …
- If you are twenty-five or more weeks
pregnant.
- You have been having health advice from a
doctor or a midwife which is intended to keep you and your
unborn child healthy in your pregnancy.
- Your main home is in the UK – ie an ‘ordinary
resident of the UK’ and you have the right to live here! (If you
have recently arrived in the UK, then Child benefit Rules
apply.) ***Check residency rules for Child Benefit - ***
There are different rules if you or your partner
are posted abroad as Servants of the Crown – HM Forces or Civil
Servants. ******Rules for those posted abroad ****
How much is the grant? It is normally a one-off payment for current
and subsequent pregnancies. Please note it is for the pregnancy and
not the number of babies that arrive. Twins or triplets etc – the
grant is still £190.
The ‘Health in Pregnancy’ grant is additional to any other benefits
that you are entitled to as a pregnant mother. The grant is the
same, whoever you are. There is no means testing for this grant.
Claiming
You will need to get your claim form from either your doctor or
midwife. No-one else can give it to you. It is normally available at
your ante-natal clinic. You usually get given it after your 25th
week of pregnancy – you should not have to ask, but it might be an
idea to alert them to the fact a week or so before your 25th week!
Check that they have completed, dated, and signed their own part off
the form before they give it to you. No-one escapes the form
filling!
Fill in your part of the form, and send it off – you will get an
envelope. >>>>
HM Revenue & Customs Health in Pregnancy Grant, Comben House,
Farriers Way, Liverpool L75 1AX
If they do not give you your form – or if they have not got them,
(!) then make a call to the Pregnancy Grant helpline - 0845 366
7885.
The Staff at the Helpline will then send the form your midwife or
doctor. There should then be no problem, but DO get your claim in on
time – within 31 days of the doctor or midwife signing it!
If you are a bit disorganised or forgetful, then you can even get a
friendly reminder to do so!
Follow the link or text DUE followed by the date due in ddmmyy
format.
So, due on 23rd March 2010 becomes a text to > DUE230310 – Job done!
How do you get the money?
The grant will be paid directly into your bank account – or building
society account. The account will have to be in either your own name
or the name of you and you partner. It can also be paid into the
account of someone acting for you if you do not have an account. Any
problems with the account, then simply phone the Helpline number - -
0845 366 7885.
Email
If none of this answers your questions about the
Health in Pregnancy Grant, you can actually email the Help section
by following the link below.
DO NOT give any personal information in the email
form. Only ask your question. You will receive an email to tell you
that they have your query, then you should get an answer within a
week or so. Yes, it takes that long sometimes.
When you get an email back, make sure that it is
from the HMRC and do not send any personal information back to them.
If there is a link within your reply email, DO NOT click it - it is
not from HMRC!
Send in your general Health in Pregnancy Grant
query by email. This link will take you to the government
website, where you can fill in the question form.
Email Link.
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