{
 "id": "healthy_start_payments",
 "name": "Healthy Start weekly payments",
 "category": "benefits",
 "value": "\u00a34.65/week (pregnancy + children 1\u20134) \u00b7 \u00a39.30/week (children under 1)",
 "unit": "per week",
 "valid_from": "2026-04-06",
 "valid_to": null,
 "source_url": "https://media.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/press-releases/4fd8b2fe-9040-4e8e-93bf-7fb5c3603fc4/nhs-healthy-start-payments-increase-from-april-2026",
 "source_org": "NHSBSA",
 "confidence": "secondary",
 "checked_at": "2026-08-11",
 "notes": "First uplift since April 2021 (was \u00a34.25/\u00a38.50) \u2014 NHSBSA press release; exact figures cross-checked via secondary source.",
 "history": [
  "\u00a34.25 / \u00a38.50 from 2021-04 to 2026-04"
 ]
}