Benefits Checked 2026-08-11

Healthy Start weekly payments

£4.65/week (pregnancy + children 1–4) · £9.30/week (children under 1)
per week · valid 2026-04-06 → until changed

What is the Healthy Start weekly payments right now?

The current figure is £4.65/week (pregnancy + children 1–4) · £9.30/week (children under 1) (per week), effective from 2026-04-06 to until changed, according to NHSBSA. Last checked against the official source on 2026-08-11.

First uplift since April 2021 (was £4.25/£8.50) — NHSBSA press release; exact figures cross-checked via secondary source.

Official sourceNHSBSA
Valid from2026-04-06
Valid tountil changed
Last checked2026-08-11
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History

Previous values
£4.25 / £8.50 from 2021-04 to 2026-04

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