Question follow-through · 65521
Parental Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in parental leave by recipient's income decile for each of the last five years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in parental leave by recipient's income decile for each of the last five years.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
Data for the financial year 2024/25 has not yet been fully analysed as the financial year has only recently ended. Data for financial years 2020/21 until 2023/24 is provided below. The table below shows the number of PAYE schemes who claimed compensation ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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