Parental Pay
(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people started to receive statutory (a) paternity pay and (b) shared parental pay since April 2015.
From information provided by employers to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the following individuals started to receive (a) Statutory Paternity Pay and (b) Statutory Shared Parental Pay between April 2015 and September 2017.
| Tax year 2015 / 2016 | Tax year 2016 / 2017 | April 2017 to September 2017 (inclusive) |
Numbers in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay | 214,500 | 218,600 | 108,600 |
Numbers in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay | 6,200* | 8,700 | Information is not yet available |
* This data includes claims for either Statutory Shared Parental Pay or Statutory Additional Paternity Pay: HMRC’s records do not distinguish between the two in 2015/16.