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Parental Leave

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed (a) Statutory Maternity Leave, (b) Statutory Paternity Leave and (c) Statutory Parental Leave by income decile in the 2024/25 financial year.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
5 Nov 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed (a) Statutory Maternity Leave, (b) Statutory Paternity Leave and (c) Statutory Parental Leave by income decile in the 2024/25 financial year.

  2. 5 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Numbers of individuals in receipt of statutory payments, including breakdowns by income decile, are published here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-leave-and-pay-evidence-hmrc-data-covering-april-2014-to-march-2025

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Parental Leave

19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of claims and (b) value of payments made for statutory paternity leave and shared parental leave each year by economic sector and industry.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parental Pay

27 Nov 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a breakdown of a) the number of claims and b) the total value of statutory paternity pay and shared parental pay between the public and private sectors for each of the last three years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion: Digital Technology

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Buildings: VAT Exemptions

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