Sure Start Maternity Grant

Welfare payment in the UK

Sure Start Maternity Grant is a welfare payment in the United Kingdom. It is a one-off payment of £500 to help with the costs of having a child and it is available to those in receipt of certain benefits.[1] In Scotland, Sure Start Maternity Grant has been replaced by Best Start Grant, a new package of benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sure Start Maternity Grant".
  2. ^ "Social security: Best Start Grant - gov.scot".
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Social Fund in the United Kingdom
Regulated element
  • Cold weather payment
  • Funeral payment
  • Sure Start Maternity Grant
  • Winter Fuel Payment
Discretionary element (abolished)
  • Community care grant
  • Crisis loan
  • Budgeting loan
Welfare Reform Act 2012Social Fund Commissioners
  • Rosalind Mackworth (1987–1995)
  • John Scampion (1995–2000)
  • Sir Richard Tilt (2000–2009)
  • Karamjit Singh (2009–2013)