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...