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answer › question first answered	2022-07-21T13:44:11.347Z
tabling member › label	Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
min date	2019-05-20
min answer › question first answered	2019-04-02T15:48:04.527Z
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions

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13/07/2022

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Work and Pensions

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Maternity Pay

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing statutory maternity pay in line with (a) inflation and (b) the cost of living.

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Bath

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Wera Hobhouse

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36052

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is ministerial correction

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21/07/2022

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<p>The standard rate of statutory maternity pay (SMP) is reviewed annually, alongside state benefits, and is generally increased in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). From April 2022 the standard rate of SMP increased to £156.66, in line with the September 2021 CPI rate of 3.1%.</p>

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Hexham

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Guy Opperman

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21/07/2022 13:44:11

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label	Biography information for Guy Opperman

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label	Biography information for Wera Hobhouse