Parental Pay
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Statutory Paternity Pay, (c) Statutory Adoption Pay and (d) Statutory Shared Parental Pay in the (i) 2019-20 (ii) 2020-21 (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by James Murray
Data for the number of people in receipt of Statutory Maternity pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, and Statutory Shared Parental Pay is provided in the table below.
| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
Statutory Maternity Pay | 647,800 | 627,200 | 636,000 | 627,500 |
Statutory Paternity Pay | 208,000 | 176,400 | 204,200 | 195,300 |
Statutory Adoption Pay | 4,900 | 4,400 | 4,600 | 4,500 |
Statutory Shared Parental Pay | 13,000 | 11,200 | 13,000 | 14,200 |
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Notes:
1) Data collected using HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and extracted in December 2024. RTI is subject to revision or updates.
2) Claimants number has been rounded to nearest 100.
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