Parental Pay
(asked on 5th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount paid was of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Maternity Allowance, (c) Statutory Paternity Pay, (d) Statutory Adoption Pay and (e) Statutory Shared Parental Pay in 2020-21.
In 2020/21, Maternity Allowance expenditure was £384m.
The table below shows information provided by employers to HMRC on the total value of payments made to individuals in receipt of Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay in 2020/21.
| Total value of payments in 2020/21 |
Statutory Maternity Pay | £2.8 billion |
Statutory Paternity Pay | £50.2 million |
Statutory Adoption Pay | £21.1 million |
Statutory Shared Parental Pay | £19.5 million |