§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her answer of 15 January 1998,Official Report, column 314, what proportion of recipients of statutory maternity pay fall within the weekly earnings bands (a) under £100, (b) £100 to £199, (c) £200 to £299,(d) £300 to £399, (e) £400 to £499, (f) £500 to £599 and (g) £600 or more. [24741]
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb) of 15 January 1998,Official Report, column 314, on statutory maternity pay, if she will list the numbers of claimants in each of the bands of income specified. [25011]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 22 January 1998]: The information requested is set out in the table.
Number of recipients of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), proportion of recipients with SMP, total amounts of SMP and average amounts of SMP by amount of weekly earnings for GB, 1995–961 Weekly earnings Number in receipt of SMP (000's)2 Proportion of SMP recipients percent Total amount of SMP' £million3 Average amount of SMP4 £ under £100 26 16.3 25.4 1,000 £100 to £199 57 35.5 83.1 1,400 £200 to £299 39 24.0 75.9 2,000 £300 to £399 23 14.4 58.2 2,500 £400 to £499 9 5.3 26.0 3,000 £500 to £599 3 1.9 11.0 3,500 £600 and more 4 2.5 19.6 4,800 1 The figures are based on an estimate of those whose whole period of SMP is within the 1995/96 tax year and excludes those whose claim straddles two tax years. The total number in receipt of SMP in that year was around 321,000. 2 Rounded to the nearest thousand. 3 Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. 4 Rounded to nearest hundred. Source:
The Lifetime Labour Market Database (LLMDB), a 1 per cent. sample of the National Insurance Recording System taken at February 1997.