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Rights and benefits
In this box, write in the date of the
Sunday before the first day of your last
period. (If your last period started on a
Sunday, write in that date.) Then work
along the top row filling in the dates of
each successive Sunday.
THE TIMING OF YOUR RIGHTS AND BENEFITS IN PREGNANCY IS VERY
COMPLICATED, SO USE THIS CHART AS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY.
Write in the first day of your last period here.
Then work along the row filling in the remaining boxes.
Each box represents a week. Write in the dates week by
week until you get to the date your baby is due.
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, or
have a low income. If you are a council/Housing
Executive tenant it will be paid direct to the
council/Housing Executive; if you are a private tenant it
will be paid either to you or direct to your landlord.
In Northern Ireland if you are an owner occupier,
Housing Benefit will be paid in the form of a rate rebate
administered by Land & Property Services (Rating).
How much is it?
It depends on the rent you pay, average rents in your area,
the size of your home, your income, savings, other
benefits, your age and your family size. It may not be the
same amount as the rent you are actually paying. You
cannot get Housing Benefit if you have savings of more
than £16,000. The amount of savings you have can also
affect the amount of Housing Benefit you get.
How do I claim?
If you’re getting income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or
Income Support you will get a Housing Benefit claim
pack with your Jobseeker’s Allowance/Income Support
claim form. Otherwise, get a form from your local
council. In Northern Ireland if you are a tenant, get
claim form HB1 from your Housing Executive district
office, or if you are an owner occupier get claim form F1
from Land & Property Services (Rating), Housing
Benefit Central Unit, Londonderry House, 21-27
Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4JB. Freephone: 0800
5877 477
HAVE YOU CLAIMED EVERYTHING?
You can
claim
If you get
Child Benefit
Free
prescriptions
Free dental
treatment
£500 Sure
Start Maternity
Grant*
Social
Fund loans
Council Tax
Benefit (not NI)
& Housing
Benefit
Help
with mortgage
Healthy Start**
Free vitamins
Fares to
hospital
Incomebased
JSA
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Income
Support
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Low
income
✓
✓
✓
X
X
✓
X
X
X
✓
All
mothers
✓ ✓ ✓ X X X X X X X
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*You can also claim if you get Pension Credit, Working Tax Credit where a disability or severe disability entitlement is included in the award, or Child
Tax Credit at a rate higher than the family element.
**You can also claim if you get Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit with an income of £14,495 or less.