Childcare and parenting

Includes giving birth, fostering, adopting, benefits for children, childcare and schools

Topics

- Pregnancy and birth Working, time off and financial support when you have a baby, registering a birth

- Fostering, adoption and surrogacy Fostering or adopting a child, including from abroad, and being a surrogate mother

- Financial help if you have children Includes help when having a baby or adopting, child benefit and tax credits, support for childcare

- Childcare Finding childcare, financial support for childcare and childcare for school-age children

- Schools and education Sending a child to school, financial support, dealing with the school

- Divorce, separation and legal issues Child maintenance and disagreements about parentage