Question follow-through · 39737

Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase (a) Statutory Maternity Pay and (b) Maternity Allowance beyond the rate of inflation over the next four years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 24 Mar 2025
Answer: 28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase (a) Statutory Maternity Pay and (b) Maternity Allowance beyond the rate of inflation over the next four years.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of benefits and State Pensions, including Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance. She announced her decision from the latest review of benefits in a Wri...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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