Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 86372

Parental Leave

Tabled: 29 October 2025

Answered: 5 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of (a) Statutory Maternity Leave, (b) Statutory Paternity Leave and (c) Statutory Parental Leave in each region in the 2024/25 financial year.

Answer

Kate Dearden

Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that the total value of payments made to individuals in receipt of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (SShPP) for 2024/25, the latest year for whic...

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