Health in pregnancy grant

astonsmummy

Also:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20083137_en_1

Made
9th December 2008
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 170(3) and (4) and 171(5) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008(1), make the following Order:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008.
Appointed day for Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, relating to Health in Pregnancy Grant

2. 1st January 2009 is the day appointed for the coming into force of Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
Tony Cunningham
Frank Roy
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th December 2008



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st January 2009 Part 4 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Part 4 relates to the Health in Pregnancy Grant. This is a universal one-off payment available to expectant mothers in the U.K. from the 25th week of their pregnancy.
Health in Pregnancy Grant will be paid from 6th April 2009 for women who have an expected delivery date on or after this date. In order to phase-in the administration of claims up to this point, claims for the Grant can be made from beginning of January 2009.
This Order is the fifth Commencement Order made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

natalie1974

Thanks for the above info :beer:

Stargirl29

Brilliant, thank you so much for this info!

I'm due in July, not 100% on the date yet, waiting for my first scan but this will come in useful

bumblebee87_2

thats great thanks for the info :T

Sami_Bee

Thanks AM, hopefully MW will have the form at my scan on Jan 9th for me!

keelykat

great....i didn't get anything! lol....

Sami_Bee

keelykat wrote: »

great....i didn't get anything! lol....

Nothing else for it Keely, You'll have to have another! :rotfl:
I just missed out on the extra 3mths mat leave last time so glad I'm in time for something extra this time around :j

keelykat

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Nothing else for it Keely, You'll have to have another! :rotfl:
I just missed out on the extra 3mths mat leave last time so glad I'm in time for something extra this time around :j

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! not just yet!!!!

saleofthecentury

Morning ladies

I got my February 'Pregnancy and Birth' magazine yesterday and they had a small feature on this grant, (first I knew about it!) but didn't give it by name - and they got the 'direct.gov' website wrong, so not that helpful, but have done some googling...

To get the info 'from the horses mouth', here is the correct link to the government's direct.gov campaign website:

http://campaigns.direct.gov.uk/money4mum2be/

You can apply from 25 weeks of pregnancy and there is a helpful feature on there where you enter your email / mobile details and then get a reminder notification when you're eligible to apply:

http://campaigns.direct.gov.uk/money4mum2be/alerts.jsp

Claim forms are available from your midwife / healthcare professional from 1 January, but once they've signed it, you only have 31 days to get it back to HMRC, so be careful not to ask for the form too early. I'll have to wait a few weeks to apply myself, but the £190 is paid into a bank account from 6th April 2009, so sounds as though some of you further advanced pregnant ladies can start pestering for those forms ASAP.

Might be useful to print off that direct.gov webpage and take to your midwife appointment - I'll bet 'the system' means some NHS local services won't know anything about these claim forms or process!

Good luck to all!

:T

rackle1982

Finally I have found some current information on HMRC's website
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/si/2008-3108-3109-em.pdf
I have also seen my midwife, who advises me that she will have the forms from 1 Jan'09.
Thanks to everyone's replys
Goodluck for those of you that are already pregnant or trying to get pregnant
Rachael + yellow bump