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Article: Benefits for Mothers and Babies

There are a range of benefits available for mums and babies including:

• Free Prescriptions and Dental Care
• Statutory Maternity Pay
• Maternity Allowance
• Sure Start Maternity Grant
• Employment and Support Allowance (formerly Incapacity Benefit)
• Contribution-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income Support
• Child Benefit
• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit

Please note that (as of January 2011), it is no longer possible for mums-to-be to make a claim for a Health in Pregnancy Grant.

To make like easier, Money4Mums have developed a great child benefits calculator that gives you a total of benefits and credits that you could be entitled to in under a minute. To use the calculator please click here.