What is the and What evidence will be needed Does it affect other benefits? Baby Payment? * (UC), Income to check my pregnancy? Support, Income-based No, the Pregnancy and Baby It is a £600 payment for a Most people should be able to Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income- Payment will not be taken into first and £300 for other apply for a Pregnancy and Baby related Employment and account for UK benefit and tax children. There will be an extra Payment without sending us Support Allowance, assessments. £300 if you have a multiple evidence. Credit, , Child birth. It will help with expenses Will kinship carers/adoptive Tax Credit (CTC) and Working In some circumstances, we in pregnancy or having a new parents get the Pregnancy and Tax Credit. If you are not sure if will have to ask you to send child, for example maternity Baby Payment? you are entitled to any of these us additional information to clothes, a pram or additional You can apply if you have taken benefits, call 0800 085 7145 for process your application.** heating. This replaces the responsibility for a baby under a free Financial Health check. Sure Start Maternity Grant. **MAT B1 form or a birth the age of one, if you are in certificate, a legal order from receipt of , Child Can I get it? When can I apply for the a court or children’s hearing, Tax Credit (CTC) or Universal You can apply for the Pregnancy Pregnancy and Baby Payment? evidence of address i.e. utility Credit (UC) child element for and Baby Payment whether you You can apply when you reach or Council Tax bill. the child that lives with you. If are in work or not. 24 weeks in your pregnancy you are not getting any of these You may be eligible if you are the up to when your baby is six How long after applying benefits we will need to see a mother of the child, her partner, months old. will I have to wait to get my legal order placing the child with or you have a young mother payment? you. dependent on you, and you get How can I apply? You should receive your money certain benefits.* We will be taking applications within 5-10 days of receiving a What happens if my baby is stillborn or dies before it is six You do not have to be on these via our freephone helpline on correctly completed application months old? Would I need to benefits if you are: 0800 182 2222, by post or form, along with any evidence repay it? • under 18 online at mygov.scot/pregnancy- that is required. and-baby-grant. No, you will qualify for a • 18 or 19 and in full time Is the money paid to me directly payment if you were 24 weeks education or training and Do I need my partner’s or is this a voucher scheme? pregnant or apply within dependent on someone else information? We will pay the money directly six months from the day your i.e. a parent or carer who Yes, if you live in the same to your chosen account. It is not baby was born. is claiming child benefit, child household and are: a voucher scheme and it is up to tax credit or universal credit • married to each other; or you how you spend the money How many children qualify for for you. • civil partners of each other; or on whatever you or your child Best Start Grant in each family? Young parents have a choice • living together as if you are needs. There is no limit on the number about whether they apply in their married. of children we will support. own right or the person they are Do I need to pay this payment dependent on applies. back? This is not a loan and does not

have to be repaid. The Pregnancy and Baby Who is Social Security Scotland? Payment is part of the Best Social Security Scotland is Start Grant, a package of the new service that has three payments that will give been created by the Scottish extra money to parents and Government to deliver a carers during the early years number of benefits. These of a child’s life. The two other benefits will transfer from the Could you get £600 for payments will be available by UK Government to the Scottish Summer 2019 and include: Government in stages over • Early Learning Payment - the next four years. At the your first child and £300 £250 to help with costs end of this process we will be during early years delivering benefits for people for all other children? • School Age Payment - on low incomes, disabled Find out if you’re eligible for Best Start £250 to help with the costs people, carers, young people Grant Pregnancy and Baby Payment of preparing for school. entering the workplace and to help people heat their homes. by calling 0800 182 2222 or visiting We will use the same eligibility mygov.scot/pregnancy-and-baby-payment criteria for the Early Learning You can find out more about and School Age payments. Social Security Scotland online These payments will be at socialsecurity.gov.scot available to all families who are For information on Best Start eligible when they apply and Grant please visit mygov.scot/ not just those who received a pregnancy-and-baby-payment Pregnancy & Baby payment. or call 0800 182 2222. Each of the three payments needs a separate application. Where we know that someone has had a payment for a child This flyer can be provided before, we plan to get in in audio, Braille, easy read, touch and let them know that large print or alternative they may qualify for another languages by calling payment when one is due. 0800 0182 2222. Dignity, @SocSecScot fairness, Social Security Scotland respect.

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