Interactive tools · 2026-27
PlainMaternity tools
Free, browser-only tools that turn the UK statutory parental-pay rules into your numbers: a week-by-week pay calculator, a Shared Parental Leave decision engine, and a side-by-side scheme comparison. Nothing you enter is stored.
- Tools
- 3
- calc · decide · compare
- Flat rate, 2026-27
- £194.32
- driving every result
- Schemes covered
- 6
- pay + childcare
- Privacy
- In-browser
- nothing stored
Which tool do you need?
Start with the calculator if you know your salary and dates and just want the week-by-week numbers. Use the decision engine if you're still choosing between SMP, Maternity Allowance, and Shared Parental Leave. Use the comparison if you want every scheme side by side.
All three run in your browser from the same HMRC and GOV.UK figures, no account, nothing stored.
- Calculator
- Know your salary + dates → exact pay
- Decision engine
- Still choosing a route
- Compare
- Every scheme, side by side
Maternity Pay Calculator
Week-by-week SMP, SPP, ShPP, Maternity Allowance, and Adoption Pay projection at the 2026-27 flat rate of £194.32, with the 90% AWE step and employer-enhanced-policy modelling. Runs entirely in your browser.
Open calculator → Decision supportShared Parental Leave Decision Engine
A five-question structured walk-through, employment status, household income split, partner employer policy, caregiving preference, and enhanced-pay timing, that surfaces the leave pattern that fits your family.
Open decision support → ComparisonSide-by-Side Comparison
All 6 UK statutory schemes compared on weekly pay, paid weeks, eligibility, KIT days, pension treatment, and who pays, sourced from HMRC and GOV.UK.
Open comparison →Browse every scheme in detail
Full eligibility, qualifying period, KIT-day rules, pension treatment, and the GOV.UK primary source for each UK statutory leave and childcare scheme.
According to HM Revenue & Customs and GOV.UK statutory-payment guidance, the 2026-27 flat statutory rate is £194.32 per week and the Lower Earnings Limit is £129 per week (confirmed April 2026). Every tool above is computed from those published figures; the arithmetic and source links are documented on our methodology page.