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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.
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, and the amount you
get is reduced if you have savings of more than £3000.
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 Northern Ireland Housing Executive district
office, or if you are an owner occupier get claim
form F1 from the Rate Collection Agency (RCA),
Londonderry House, 21–27 Chichester Street, Belfast
BT1 4JJ, tel: 028 9025 2525 or your local RCA.
HELP WITH MORTGAGE INTEREST
REPAYMENTS
Who gets it?
If you’ve got a mortgage and you’re on incomebased
Jobseeker’s Allowance or Income Support,
you may be able to get help with your interest
payments, although there is usually a waiting period
during which you won’t get any help.
How much is it?
You can only get help with interest payments (not
repayments of capital or contributions to a linked
PEP, endowment or insurance policy) and the
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
Free milk
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