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

What the compare board shows

According to HMRC and GOV.UK statutory-payment rules for 2026-27, largest of 3 at 39 paid weeks (MA, SAP, and SMP) is #1 of 5 by paid weeks at KIT-days rank #2 (10 days) ≠ SPL/ShPP #1 of 5 by KIT days (20) at paid-weeks rank #4 (37 weeks). Tax-Free Childcare is excluded (max_weeks=0).

All three tools run in the browser from the same HMRC and GOV.UK figures for 2026-27 (flat rate £194.32/wk, LEL £129/wk). Paid-week length and KIT-day allowance are separate columns. No account, nothing stored.

39 wks
Paid-weeks #1largest of 3
20
KIT-days #1SPL/ShPP
5
Leave-duration schemesmax_weeks > 0

What a scheme lookup returns

Field coverage across 6 UK statutory schemes in the live database, base record at 100%, thinner layers where HMRC/GOV.UK do not publish the same fields for every scheme (Tax-Free Childcare has no weekly flat rate; only SMP and SAP carry the 90% earnings step).

1. Base scheme record100%2. Earnings threshold100%3. Paid-week entitlement100%4. Pension treatment note100%5. Weekly flat rate83%6. KIT days (>0)67%7. 90% earnings step33%

Paid weeks the compare tool surfaces

Statutory paid weeks by scheme, the same values the side-by-side comparison and calculator use for 2026-27.

1. SMP39 wks2. MA39 wks3. SAP39 wks4. SPL/ShPP37 wks5. SPP2 wks6. TFC0 wks

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.

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) SMP Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) SPP Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Pay (ShPP) SPL/ShPP Maternity Allowance (MA) MA Tax-Free Childcare TFC Statutory Adoption Leave and Pay (SAP) SAP

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.

Download the UK statutory parental-pay extract cited on this page: uk-statutory-parental-pay.csv (CC BY 4.0).

What these tools compute

Tools hub arithmetic uses the live 2026-27 flat statutory rate and Lower Earnings Limit from HMRC/GOV.UK, not employer-enhanced policies.

  • Week-by-week statutory cash-flow from the published flat rate. Calculator
  • Side-by-side paid-weeks and KIT stamps across schemes. Compare
  • Primary sources and how each tool reads the leave_types table. Methodology

Tool outputs are registry arithmetic on published statutory figures, not payroll, tax, or leave advice.