Parental Pay
(asked on 18th October 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, how many claimants of Statutory Paternity Pay there have been in each financial year since 2010-11.
Information provided by employers to HMRC show the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP). This data provides a broad indication of take-up but does not include anyone taking unpaid paternity leave.
Table 1: Individuals in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay, 2015/16 to 2021/22 (the latest year for which full year data is available)
Year (April to March) | No. of individuals in receipt of SPP |
2015-16 | 215,100 |
2016-17 | 219,900 |
2017-18 | 212,700 |
2018-19 | 201,800 |
2019-20 | 208,000 |
2020-21 | 176,400 |
2021-22 | 204,200 |
- 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.
In 2019, the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming the parental leave and pay system, including making changes to Paternity Leave. We are currently considering responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.