sure start maternity grant

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does anyone know if u can get this if ur on working tax credits as the website says only if u claim the higher rate eg if anyones disabled etc. i dont think i can get anything but my sis seems to think i can.has anyone on here had it. thanks for any help in advance

I'm sure you can get it if your household income is under around 15500 a year.

i was on tax credits and was awarded the full amount, but I am a lone parent so that might have made a difference

its just on the website it says only if u claim the higher rate of working tax not sure what to do nx to be honest dont want to lose out if i can have it so need to do something really dont i x

yes lone parents get it as i did for my first x

anyone else help

Do you qualify for free prescriptions, etc? If you do that means that you are not on the higher level of tax credits and are eligable for the grant. (Or it did when I was claiming, but that was 4 years ago.)Ask a midwife, they should be able to help.

Sorry - just re-read your post. I think if you get free prescriptions you are on the HIGHER level of credits, and should get the grant.

Yes u should be able to get it. I had it with my daughter and we were on tax credits, and we were both working, although i was on maternity leave. You might not automatically get the full 500. Anythings a bonus right! It depends on your earnings as to how much you get. You have to be recieving the highest family element, won't hurt to try, you just send the form with your last tax credit notice, at about 29weeks. I think your sis is probably right!

You can get it if you get Child Tax Credit at a level higher than the family element ie more than £545 if you already have a child and apply whilst you're still pregnant or more than £1090 once the baby is born.

sorry could someone help me out how do u know then if ur on the higher rate i get working tax of around £60 a week, not to sure if i should get free precriptions but i have always ticked that i do get free precriptions

daisymoo you seem to understand the figures could you explain more to me i do have one child already i stay at home and dp works full time i get child tax but how do u know if its the higher rate my dd is 3, sorry if u dont understand me or cant be bother explaning it to me just tell me to shut up lol

you would usually recieve an excemption card through the post, it's white with black print, from nhs.if u look on your award notice it should say what you are getting for this award, total for the year, (child tax credit, not working tax).

If you have a child over 1 and you get more than £545 a year then you will get a maternity grant. If you have a child under 1 then you need to be getting more than £1090 a year.

If you're getting £60 a week you should definitely qualify.

i think you should get a form fill it in and send it off if you are 29weeks plus, won't give it till then. from the comments i would say you will get it

oh thanks ladies what would u tick on the form that im getting higher rate tax credits is it !

all i need to do now is get the form fill it in and send in the nx few weeks, im 26 weeks on tuesday so hopefully fingers crossed will get something every bit helps

u would think you would be able to put ur details in online and they estimate if ur entitled to it u can do it for milk tokens .

daisymoo - any ideas if we would get it? we get tax credits including disability element but then this is reduced to 0 due to our income

rang around the social fund/job centreplus/tax credits helpline yesterday and nobody seemed to know! should i just apply and hope??

Do you get any child tax credit at all? Even if you don't get the working tax part of tax credits, if you're getting the amounts I mentioned above in child tax credit you should still get it. If you're pregnant the amount you get may increase after your baby is born, so sometimes you need to wait until after the baby is born to claim it. The rules are explained here

if i wanted to phone and speak to someone about this whos best to fone , please

eg inland rev or different

The form will need to be sent to your local benefits office I think, so I'd phone them.

ive just foned inland rev to see if im on higher rate and they said yes so fingers crossed i will get something , somethings better than nothing at all , ive printed off the form off the net its 15 pages long ive filled it in ready anyone else not sure if they can get it fone up they are really nice helpful people

thanks everyone for ur advice