Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 24069

Maternity Pay: Multiple Births

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support families with the costs of raising (a) twins and (b) children of multiple births; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of her maternity pay policie

Answer

Andrew Western
There are two types of maternity pay available to pregnant working women:Statutory Maternity Pay paid by employersMaternity Allowance paid by the Department for Work and Pensions to eligible women (including the self-employed and women in employment who a...

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