Question follow-through · 109894
Maternity Pay: Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of statutory maternity pay rates that do not allow parents to receive 30 hours of free childcare on the ability of those parents to access childcare;
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of statutory maternity pay rates that do not allow parents to receive 30 hours of free childcare on the ability of those parents to access childcare;
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The 30 hours free childcare entitlement aims to support parents to return to work or to take on more hours if they wish. To be eligible, each working parent in a household must expect to earn the equivalent of 16 hours a week at National Minimum/Living Wa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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