The working day turnaround for Maternity Allowance claims averaged 55 working days up to the end of September 2019 and increased to 60 days by 15 October 2019.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Eastleigh"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-05T16:43:11.44Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Maternity Allowance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2019 to Question 5404, what the working day turn around for maternity allowance claims was before 15 October 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "8582"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167460", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167460/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Statistics on average weekly earnings growth are published by the independent Office for National Statistics.<\/p>
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In August 2010, real (total) pay fell by 0.5%. In August 2019 the real (total) pay growth was 1.9% - an increase in the rate of real wage growth of 2.4 percentage points.<\/p>
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The highest real (total) pay growth, between Aug 10 \u2013 Aug 19, was in Aug 15 (2.6%).<\/p>
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Under the Triple Lock the basic State Pension and the full rate of the new State Pension will be raised the highest of: the rise in prices, the rise in earnings or 2.5%. The relevant measure for earnings is the year-on-year change in Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) from May to July published by the ONS in October, standing at 3.9%<\/p>
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<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Growth in nominal average weekly total pay<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2010<\/p><\/td> 1.8 %<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2011<\/p><\/td> 2.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2012<\/p><\/td> 1.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2013<\/p><\/td> 0.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2014<\/p><\/td> 0.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2015<\/p><\/td> 3.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2016<\/p><\/td> 2.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2017<\/p><\/td> 2.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2018<\/p><\/td> 2.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2019<\/p><\/td> 3.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>