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<p>Cabinet Office staff are entitled to take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. </p><p>Staff
who have been continuously employed by the Civil Service for 26 weeks prior to the
15th week before the expected date of childbirth are eligible for maternity pay.</p><p>Within
the Cabinet Office maternity pay is equivalent to full pay for the initial 26 weeks
(ordinary maternity leave). During the following 26 weeks (additional maternity leave)
Statutory Maternity Pay is given for the first 13 weeks. The remaining 13 weeks are
unpaid.</p><p>Individuals who resign and do not return to work following maternity
leave are usually required to refund any contractual element of maternity pay they
have received. </p><p>Cabinet Office systems do not hold specific information on staff
who depart after periods of maternity leave. However, over the last 5 years, we estimate
that 96% of staff who were on maternity leave returned to work. </p><p> </p>
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