Question follow-through · 904753
Maternity Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of Maternity Allowance.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of Maternity Allowance.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State is required by law to undertake an annual review of benefits and the State Pension, including statutory pay. This is based on a review of trends in prices and earnings growth in the preceding year. From April 2025 the standard rate ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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