Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave
Statutory Paternity Pay
Paid by Employers (HMRC-regulated) · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Gated on a personal circumstance. This programme depends on pregnancy, new baby or adoption — a condition the structured eligibility fields below do not capture. Read the official page carefully before assuming you qualify.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 3 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
What this pays and the eligibility rules are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
Where this comes from
When you take time off because your partner is having a baby, adopting a child or having a baby through surrogacy, you might be eligible for 1 or 2 weeks of Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave.
https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.gov.uk
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Other family & children support in United Kingdom
16 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- 30 Hours Free Childcare (working parents, England)
- 15 Hours Free Childcare for 2-year-olds (England)
- Universal 15 Hours Free Early Education (3- and 4-year-olds, England)
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for Children
- Child Disability Payment (Scotland)
- Scottish Child Payment
- Best Start Grant (Scotland)
- Sure Start Maternity Grant
- Maternity Allowance
- Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
- Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Leave
- Guardian's Allowance
- Flying Start childcare (Wales)
- Childcare Offer for Wales (30 hours)
- Family Fund
- Statutory Adoption Pay
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