Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71509

Maternity Pay

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Paulette Hamilton

LabourBirmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will award maternity pay per baby instead of per pregnancy.

Answer

Andrew Western
We want new mothers to be able to take time away from work in the later stages of their pregnancy and in the months following childbirth, in the interests of their own and their baby’s health and wellbeing. Maternity pay is paid for each pregnancy, not in...

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