Sure Start Maternity Grant, Expecting Twins

uptomyeyes1984

Good Morning all, i've just been looking into what bits and pieces we are entitled to, we have 2 boys already aged 4 and 5 and we are expecting Twins in Aug, my husband is self employed (as from feb13) and I work for NHS on bank shifts but have been unable to since i was 20 weeks (ish pregnant) and I am not entitled to any kind of maternity pay or allowance. so I was reading into the sure start mat grant which is £500 we received this with our last child and it def was an added bonus and at the moment it definitely would come in handy now. The gov page says (if i'm reading it right) even if you have other children under 16 and expecting twins or triplets you can still get the grant providing you meet the other spec we do under getting tax credits. does anybody know more about this and if this is the case and we can still get it.
Thank You in advance x

xylophone

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/maternity-paternity-leave-benefits.aspx

sammyjammy

You have to be entitled to Child tax credits (other than just the family element) or working tax credits including a disability element, if thats the case then you are correct and are entitled if not then you're not.

https://www.gov.uk/sure-start-maternity-grant/eligibility

supernatural619

I thought they scrapped the sure start maternity grant? I asked on here a few weeks ago and someone told me it stopped April this year

RAS

supernatural619 wrote: »

I thought they scrapped the sure start maternity grant? I asked on here a few weeks ago and someone told me it stopped April this year

You only get it for multiple births not singletons.

supernatural619

ok thought it was scrapped for everyone!

Poppie68

According to the sure start.gov site its not changed and still available for singletons, nothings changed.

Sparkles87

RAS wrote: »

You only get it for multiple births not singletons.

That's not correct.

You only get it for subsequent children if it's a multiple birth.

Otherwise, you can get it for your first child (must be first child for both mother and father), if you are on certain benefits.

uptomyeyes1984

supernatural619 wrote: »

I thought they scrapped the sure start maternity grant? I asked on here a few weeks ago and someone told me it stopped April this year

No its not been scrapped, so fill out the forms if you think your entitled to it they can only say no. thanx for your input everyone x