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Maternity Pay: Multiple Births

Commons · Question 24069 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support families with the costs of raising (a) twins and (b) children of multiple births; and if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of her maternity pay policie

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 22 Jan 2025

There are two types of maternity pay available to pregnant working women:Statutory Maternity Pay paid by employersMaternity Allowance paid by the Department for Work and Pensions to eligible women (including the self-employed and women in employment who a...