§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the gross cost to the Exchequer on an annual steady-state basis of paying parental leave at the rate of(a) £60 and (b) £100 a week, assuming the take-up by fathers is (i) 10 per cent., (ii) 15 per cent., (iii) 20 per cent., (iv) 25 per cent. and (v) 30 per cent. and the take-up by mothers is (1) 30 per cent., (2) 40 per cent., (3) 50 per cent.,(4) 60 per cent. and (5) 70 per cent. [123437]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
The gross cost to the exchequer on an annual steady state basis of paying parental leave for 13 weeks to employees who have a child under five at the specified rates £ million Take up—percentage £60 a Week £100 a Week Fathers 10 30 55 15 50 80 20 65 110 25 80 135 30 95 160 Mothers 30 75 125 40 100 165 50 125 250 60 150 250 70 175 290 Notes:
1. Take-up is assumed to be the same across the entire earnings distribution. Up to 415,000 fathers, and 315,000 mothers, would become entitled each year.
2 The assumptions on which these calculations have been made are:
that the Exchequer meets the full costs of the paid parental leave; that the 13 weeks of parental leave are spread evenly over the first five years of the child's life;
that every parent has only one child in the age group;
that qualifying periods by length of service are taken into account.
Source
Family Resources Survery 1997–98, uprated to 1999–2000 Prices using March 1999 Treasury Economic Assumptions.
§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the gross cost to the Exchequer on an annual steady-state basis of paying parental leave at(a) full earnings replacement value, (b) 90 per cent. of earnings replacement value, (c) 50 per cent. of earnings replacement value and (d) 30 per cent. of earnings replacement value, assuming the take-up by fathers is 50 per cent. and the take-up by mothers is 90 per cent. [123436]
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§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
Gross cost to Exchequer on an annual steady-state basis of paying parental leave for 13 weeks to employees who have a child under 5 £ million Rate of payment Mothers Fathers Full earnings replacement 745 1,305 90 per cent. earnings replacement 670 1,175 50 per cent. earnings replacement 375 650 30 per cent. earnings replacement 225 390 Notes:
1. Take-up for fathers of 50 per cent., and mothers of 90 per cent. is assumed to be the same across the entire earnings distribution. Up to 415,000 fathers, earning on average £480 a week, and 315,000 mothers, earning on average £200 a week, would become entitled each year.
2. The figures above correct the answer given to the Written Answer on 17 May 1999, Official Report, columns 251–52W.
3. The assumptions on which these calculations have been made are:
that the Exchequer meets the full costs of the paid parental leave; that the 13 weeks of parental leave are spread evenly over the first 5 years of the child's life;
that every parent has only one child in the age group;
that no qualifying periods by length of service are taken into account.
Source:
Family Resources Survey 1997–98, uprated to 1999–2000 prices using March 1999 Treasury Economic Assumptions