Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 190398
Maternity Pay
Tabled: 20 June 2023
Answered: 27 June 2023
Question
Feryal Clark
Labour — Enfield North
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rate of statutory maternity pay as of June 2023 on health outcomes for (a) new mothers and (b) babies in each of the first five years followi
Answer
Mims DaviesThe standard rate of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is reviewed annually. From April 2023, we increased the rate of SMP by September's CPI figure of 10.1 per cent to £172.48. There are no plans to review SMP outside of the annual uprating process.