Parental Leave and Parental Pay
(asked on 5th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total number of claimants of Statutory Shared Parental was in each year since 2015-16 broken down by gender.
Information provided by employers to HMRC show the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP). This data provides a broad indication of SPL take-up but does not include anyone taking unpaid Shared Parental Leave.
Table 1: Individuals in receipt of ShPP by gender, 2015/16 to 2021/22
Year (April to March) | No. of individuals in receipt of ShPP | ||
Women | Men | Total | |
2015-16 | 1,100 | 5,100 | 6,200 |
2016-17 | 1,600 | 7,100 | 8,600 |
2017-18 | 1,700 | 7,500 | 9,200 |
2018-19 | 2,200 | 8,500 | 10,700 |
2019-20 | 2,600 | 9,900 | 12,600 |
2020-21 | 2,600 | 8,600 | 11,200 |
2021-22 | 3,200 | 9,800 | 13,000 |
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
- Figures are based on the total number of individuals in a given year, irrespective of when the payment first started. Some individuals will be counted across two years.
- For 2015-16, those receiving Additional Statutory Paternity Pay cannot be distinguished from those claiming ShPP.