Question follow-through · 112008
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of financial support for new parents who are (a) self-employed and (b) limited company directors.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of financial support for new parents who are (a) self-employed and (b) limited company directors.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government launched the Parental Leave and Pay Review in July 2025, as part of the Plan to Make Work Pay. The Review is exploring how the system can better support working families, including those where parents are self-employed, and reflect the real...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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