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Adoption: Self-employed

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 56145

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce an equivalent to the statutory maternity allowance for self-employed adopters.

Answered by Janet Daby

In the Department for Business and Trade’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ report, the government committed to a review of the parental leave system to ensure that it best supports working families. This will include consideration of support to self-employed people, including self-employed adopters.

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