Parental Leave: Expenditure
(asked on 3rd June 2025) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) adoption leave in the most recent period for which data is available.
HMRC hold information on the amounts paid by employers to employees for Statutory Parental Pay, but do not hold this for additional ‘occupational’ pay offered by employers.
The table below shows the amounts paid for statutory pay in 2023/24 (the latest complete year available).
| Value of Employee Claims (£Million) |
Statutory Maternity Pay | 3,338.3 |
Statutory Paternity Pay | 69.0 |
Statutory Adoption Pay | 25.1 |
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Notes:
1) Data collected using HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and extracted in December 2024. RTI is subject to revision or updates.
2) Total value of claims rounded to nearest £100,000.