Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 26769

Parental Pay: Multiple Births

Tabled: 27 January 2025

Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Alison Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the rates paid by employers of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Statutory Paternity Pay and (c) Statutory Shared Parental Pay for parents of (i) twins and (ii) higher order m

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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