| Heading: |
Maternity Pay |
| Question ID: |
1744281 |
| UIN: |
15974 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5262 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Alex Easton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Alex Easton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support the parents of (a) twins and (b) other multiple births; if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional maternity pay t |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
The DWP wants new mothers to be able to take time away from work in the interests of their own and their baby’s health and wellbeing. That is why maternity pay is primarily a health and safety provision for pregnant working women and is paid for each preg... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |