Question follow-through · 24079
Maternity Leave: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to provide the same level of support to self-employed parents taking maternity leave as to self-employed people taking leave for adoption.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness · 15 Jan 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to provide the same level of support to self-employed parents taking maternity leave as to self-employed people taking leave for adoption.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
Self-employed pregnant women who have paid the required Class 2 National Insurance contributions are entitled to Maternity Allowance.As a general rule, maternity pay is primarily a health and safety provision relating specifically to pregnancy, childbirth...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Social Security Benefits: Disability
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Pension Credit: Low Incomes
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking with HMRC to establish data-sharing processes to enable the auto-enrolment for Pension Credit for individuals on very low incomes.
Carer's Allowance: State Retirement Pensions
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Access to Work Programme: Self-employed
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Access to Work Programme: Appeals
17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that it conducts a full review of the requester's (a) case and (b) complaint when Access to Work reconsideration requests are made.
Housing Benefit: Young People
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Social Security Benefits
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Personal Care Services: Apprentices
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Personal Care Services: Apprentices
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the (a) uptake and (b) drop-out rates in (i) barbering and (ii) hairdressing apprenticeships over the last 7 years.
Personal Care Services: Apprentices
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support small businesses with their provision of (a) barbering and (b) hairdressing apprenticeships.
Social Security Benefits: Carers
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department collects information on whether claimants have caring responsibilities when they register for out of work benefits.