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1645151

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding maternity allowance from the benefits cap.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	189907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2023 15:28:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1624025

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Maternity Allowance who earn below the lower earnings limit were (a) self-employed and (b) recently left employment in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	182796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Lower Earnings Limit per week in the period of 6 July 2022 to 5 April 2023 was £123. Guidance on National Insurance contributions are published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-national-insurance-contributions/rates-and-allowances-national-insurance-contributions#class-1-national-insurance-thresholds" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>You can get Maternity Allowance for 39 weeks if in the 66 weeks before your baby is due, you have been employed or registered as self-employed for at least 26 weeks. Maternity Allowance eligibility is published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/maternity-allowance/eligibility" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>Maternity Allowance data is published on a quarterly basis and includes data on employment status. The latest release is for June to August 2022. Maternity Allowance statistics for May 2022 was not published as planned due to a data production error. Thereby, data from the last 4 available quarters is reported in Table 1. This is taken from Table 7a of the Maternity Allowance quarterly statistics published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p> </p><p>Data specific to claimants earning below the Lower Earnings Limit is not available. The data in Table 1 refers to claimants on both the Maternity Allowance Standard Rate or Variable Rate.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of self-employed, unemployed, and other Maternity Allowance claimants over 4 quarters </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Self-employed claimants</p></td><td><p>Unemployed and other claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2021 to August 2021</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p>Negligible</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2021 to November 2021</p></td><td><p>5,880</p></td><td><p>Negligible</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021 to February 2022</p></td><td><p>4,860</p></td><td><p>Negligible</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022 to August 2022</p></td><td><p>5,740</p></td><td><p>Negligible</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/05/2023 16:22:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1437846

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125365 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to the Benefit expenditure and caseload tables published by her Department, what assessment she has made of reasons for the absence of a decline in the Statutory Maternity Pay caseload over the period in which the number of grants of Maternity Allowance to employed women has fallen by 45 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	134067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Statutory Maternity Payment caseload is a different measure to the number of grants of Maternity Allowance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Both the number of women on the caseload for Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance has decreased from 2016/17 to 2020/21. The reason for this has not been fully assessed.</p><p> </p><p>However, the date shows a larger decrease in the Maternity Allowance caseload, than the Statutory Maternity Pay caseload. A likely contributor to the fall is the decrease in the UK’s total fertility rate</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/03/2022 15:54:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1435521

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of maternity allowance payments for people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) rest of the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	129834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>This information has been published and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/03/2022 15:11:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1423000

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2021 to Question 42053 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to Table 7 of the quarterly Maternity Allowance statistics published by her Department on 15 February 2022, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the 45 per cent fall in the number of grants of Maternity Allowance to employed women between the four quarters ending on 31 May 2016, during which period there were 50,100 grants, and the four quarters ending on 31 August 2021, in which there were 27,480 grants.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	125365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Fewer Maternity Allowance claims were started in the year up to 31 August 2021, compared to the year up to 31 May 2016. This decrease is particularly evident in claims by employed women. A likely contributor to this is the decrease in the UK’s total fertility rate. This has fallen year-on-year from 1.92 in 2012, to 1.56 in 2020. Population projections continue to anticipate a decrease in 2021 and 2022.</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/methodologies/nationalpopulationprojectionsfertilityassumptions2020basedinterim" target="_blank">National population projections, fertility assumptions: 2020-based interim - Office for National Statistics</a> [Figure 2]<br> <br> We will continue to monitor fertility rates, as well as changes in the employment status and income of the female population over time, which impact on the number of MA claims.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/02/2022 15:59:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1420505

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of changes since 2010 in the relative value of the standard weekly rate of Maternity Allowance compared to (a) the adult rate of the National Living Wage and (b) women's median weekly earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	119738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Maternity Allowance (MA) is not intended to replace a woman's earnings completely. Instead, it provides a measure of financial security to help pregnant working women take time off work for a reasonable period around the expected date of birth, to protect their own health and wellbeing and that of their baby. MA is a benefit paid by the State, which is treated as unearned income.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/02/2022 14:57:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1360287

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to expand the groups of people eligible for Maternity Allowance to support them while taking time off to have a baby to include (a) PhD candidates and (b) other students; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	56957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Entitlement to Maternity Allowance is determined by an employment and earnings test, designed to establish a recent connection to the labour market. PhD candidates, and students, can qualify for Maternity Allowance provided they meet the employment and earnings test. The Government currently has no plans to expand eligibility for Maternity Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2021 14:17:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1352683

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in the number of maternity allowance starts between 2016-17 and the second half of 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	42053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. However, any change will be contributed to by the total fertility rate, which has decreased in recent years.</p><p /><ul><li>The total fertility rate decreased for the seventh consecutive year:</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/birthsummarytablesenglandandwales/2019" target="_blank">Births in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 16:36:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1299716

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pregnant women have been entitled to maternity allowance in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	163324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The proportion of pregnant women who have been entitled to Maternity Allowance in the last 12 months has not been assessed.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/03/2021 13:42:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1194513

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Maternity Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 23 January to Question 5323 on Maternity Allowance, what the average working day turn around for maternity allowance claims was from (a) 1 to 15 March 2020, (b) 16 to 31 March 2020, (c) 1 to 15 April 2020, and (d) 16 to 30 April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	45172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The average working day turnaround for Maternity Allowance claims for the following periods are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1 Mar – 15 Mar – 6.9 days</p><p>16 Mar -29 Mar – 9.4 days</p><p>30 Mar – 12 Apr – 9.4 days</p><p>13 Apr – 26 Apr – 11.4 days</p><p>27 Apr – 3 May – 9.5 days</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor performance on a weekly basis.</p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/05/2020 15:33:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green