TOOLS & GUIDES
New parent benefits checker.
What financial support could you get as a new parent? Answer a few questions to find the payments, benefits and entitlements worth checking, from Child Benefit to grants, food support and NHS help. Covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A few minutes, no account, and your answers stay on this device.
Payments worth claiming
Help beyond the money
A checklist you can act on
Part of:
Becoming a parent
ASSUMPTIONS AND SCOPE
What the checker covers, and what it doesn’t.
WHO IT’S FOR
Anyone expecting a baby or with a young child in the UK. It covers all four nations, with the support that differs by nation shown for where you live.
WHAT IT CHECKS
Child Benefit, Universal Credit, maternity and paternity pay, Maternity Allowance, Tax-Free Childcare and funded childcare, grants such as Sure Start and Best Start, Healthy Start and NHS entitlements.
RATES USED
2026/27 rates and thresholds, built around official GOV.UK and devolved-government guidance.
WHAT YOU GET
A checklist of what looks worth claiming, what to check, and where to apply, not a decision on your eligibility.
WHAT IT DOESN’T DO
It doesn’t apply for anything, verify your circumstances, or replace a full benefits calculation. Eligibility depends on details the checker doesn’t ask for.
YOUR ANSWERS
They stay in your browser on this device. Saving a check keeps it there and nowhere else.
This is a starting point for your own checks, not benefits or financial advice. Rules, rates and eligibility change, so confirm anything you plan to claim with the official source linked in your results before relying on it.
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GUIDES TO HELP YOU EXPLORE
Read alongside the checker.
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