Parental Leave

(asked on 27th June 2022) - View Source
Questioner
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Kirsten Oswald
(Scottish National Party - East Renfrewshire)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of new mothers who started on statutory paid maternity leave used the Shared Parental Leave scheme to transfer some of their leave to the child's father during fiscal years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2021-22.

Answered by
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Paul Scully
This question was answered on 5th July 2022

Information provided by employers to HMRC show the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP). This provides a broad indication of Shared Parental Leave take-up but excludes anyone taking unpaid Shared Parental Leave.

Table 1: Individuals in receipt of ShPP, 2019/20 and 2021/22

Financial Year

Female

Male

Total

2019-20

2,600

9,900

12,600

2021-22

3,200

9,800

13,000

  1. Data uses HMRC Real Time Information which is subject to revision.
  2. Figures count individuals irrespective of when the payment started. Some individuals will be counted across two years.
  3. Figures do not include those who take unpaid SPL.
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