Sure Start Maternity Grant

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a child and it is available to those in receipt of certain benefits.^[1] In Scotland, Sure Start Maternity Grant has been replaced by Best Start Grant, a new package of benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland.^[2]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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v t e 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 2012	Budgeting advance Local welfare assistance scheme Short term benefit advance
Social Fund Commissioners	Rosalind Mackworth (1987–1995) John Scampion (1995–2000) Sir Richard Tilt (2000–2009) Karamjit Singh (2009–2013)