Maternity, parental or adoption leave

  1. Summary
  2. Fixed term discount in detail
  3. Income discount in detail
  4. How and when to apply for a discount
  5. Maternity, parental or adoption leave
  1. Confirming or withdrawing your income discount
  2. Evidence of income
  3. Retiring
  4. Not working in the UK

Your maternity, parental or adoption leave might span two registration years meaning your income doesn’t fall below the income threshold either year but does across a 12 month period.

For example:

Your annual fee due date is 1 August 2025.

Your maternity, parental or adoption leave is from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 and your income in this year is below £37,000.

In this situation, please apply for income discount and choose one of the annual fee periods that fall into your leave. In the example above, this means you could apply for discount for one of two annual fee years that falls into your period of leave, 2024–25 or 2025–26.

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