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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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22 Jul 2026
Chapter 33: Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity and other parental pay
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Chapter 33: Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity and other parental pay
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Chapter 33: Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity and other parental pay
Key facts
1. Who can get a payment
Statutory maternity pay
The maternity pay period
Statutory adoption pay
The adoption pay period
Statutory paternity pay
The paternity pay period
Statutory shared parental pay
The shared parental pay period
Statutory parental bereavement pay
Statutory neonatal care pay
Continuous employment
Breaks in employment
Earnings
What counts as earnings
How earnings are averaged
Pay rises
The lower earnings limit
Working while getting statutory payments for the birth, adoption or death of a child
Working for the employer who is paying you
Working for more than one employer who is liable to pay you
Working for another employer
2. The rules about your age
3. People included in the claim
4. The amount of benefit
5. Special benefit rules
If you give up your job or are dismissed
Stillbirths, multiple births and adoptions
If you are adopting a child from abroad
Foster parents approved as adopters
If your baby is born with the help of a surrogate
6. Claims
Making a claim
Who should claim
If you claim the wrong benefit
7. Getting paid
Change of circumstances
8. Tax, other benefits and the benefit cap
Tax
Means-tested benefits
Non-means-tested benefits
New-style employment and support allowance
The benefit cap
Other sources of help
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CPAG. "Chapter 33: Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity and other parental pay." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed August 26, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-270111CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Chapter 33: Statutory maternity, adoption, paternity and other parental pay." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed August 26, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-270111CITANCHOR.
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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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March 11, 2026
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August 26, 2026
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