Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in the number of maternity allowance starts between 2016-17 and the second half of 2020-21.
No assessment has been made. However, any change will be contributed to by the total fertility rate, which has decreased in recent years.
Births in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)