Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how may people received (a) statutory paternity and (b) shared parental pay in the financial year 2016-17.
Based on the data provided to HM Revenue & Customs by employers, we estimate that around 221,000 employees claimed statutory Paternity Pay and around 8,700 employees claimed statutory Shared Parental Pay in 2016-17.