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<p>From information provided by employers to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the
following individuals started to receive (a) Statutory Paternity Pay and (b) Statutory
Shared Parental Pay between April 2015 and September 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Tax year </strong> <strong>2015 / 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax
year </strong> <strong>2016 / 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2017 to September
2017 (inclusive)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Numbers in receipt of Statutory
Paternity Pay</strong></p></td><td><p>214,500</p></td><td><p>218,600</p></td><td><p>108,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Numbers
in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay </strong></p></td><td><p>6,200*</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td><p>Information
is not yet available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* This data includes claims for
either Statutory Shared Parental Pay or Statutory Additional Paternity Pay: HMRC’s
records do not distinguish between the two in 2015/16.</p>
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