Babies and young children

Help with the costs of having a young family, including support with childcare.

Child Benefit

You can get child benefit payments if you are responsible for:

There is no limit to how many children you can claim for, but only one parent is able to claim.

Find out more and make a claim for Child Benefit.

You could get help to buy healthy food and milk for your child if you:

Find out if your are eligible for Healthy Start.

If you are more than 26 weeks pregnant, you may be able to claim Maternity Allowance.

This is different to Statutory Maternity Pay. You are not able to claim both benefits together.

Find out if you are eligible for Maternity Allowance.

If you or your partner get certain benefits and you have no other children under 16, you may be able to get Sure Start Maternity Grant.

Find if you are eligible for Sure Start Maternity Grant.

If you are working, you may be able to get up to £2000 a year to help cover costs of childcare. You can only apply if your child is 11 or under.

Find out if you are eligible for Tax Free Childcare.

If your child is aged 3 to 4, you could get up to 30 hours of free childcare a week.

Find out if you are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare.

If your child is under the age of 4, you may be able to get free part time childcare.

You will only be able to get this if Flying Start covers your area.

Find out if you are eligible for Flying Start.