Question follow-through · 13007
Maternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of statutory maternity pay cases per constituency in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (d) 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of statutory maternity pay cases per constituency in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (d) 2024.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is delivered through HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), rather than the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). We do not hold information on SMP cases per constituency, however a breakdown by region, supplied by HMRC, is below. ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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