Parental Pay

(asked on 7th February 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Statutory Paternity Pay, (c) Statutory Adoption Pay and (d) Statutory Shared Parental Pay in the (i) 2019-20 (ii) 2020-21 (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23 financial year.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 17th February 2025

Data for the number of people in receipt of Statutory Maternity pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, and Statutory Shared Parental Pay is provided in the table below.

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

Statutory Maternity Pay

647,800

627,200

636,000

627,500

Statutory Paternity Pay

208,000

176,400

204,200

195,300

Statutory Adoption Pay

4,900

4,400

4,600

4,500

Statutory Shared Parental Pay

13,000

11,200

13,000

14,200

Notes:

1) Data collected using HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and extracted in December 2024. RTI is subject to revision or updates.

2) Claimants number has been rounded to nearest 100.

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