United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 189903
Maternity Pay: Minimum Wage
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15 June 2023
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23 June 2023 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of statutory maternity pay to the level of the national minimum wage.
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15 June 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the rate of statutory maternity pay to the level of the national minimum wage.
Source: Commons
23 June 2023
Answer
The standard rate of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is reviewed annually. From April 2023, we increased the rate of SMP by September's CPI figure of 10.1 per cent to £172.48. There are no plans to review the rate of SMP outside of the annual uprating proce...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-15/189903
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1645147
- uk · wq-1645147 · source updated 23 June 2023