Maternity Pay

(asked on 27th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average amount of maternity pay received under (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) casual, (d) fixed-term and (e) zero hours employment contracts in the last 12 months.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 30th March 2017

Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on the work patterns of the women wishing to claim.

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