Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether statutory parental pay will be uplifted in line with inflation from April 2023.
The Secretary of State has completed his annual review of pensions and benefits. Subject to parliamentary approval, all statutory parental payments, including statutory maternity pay, will increase by September's CPI figure of 10.1% from April 2023. the new rate for statutory maternity pay will be £172.48.