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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Paternity Pay (15 November 2017)

Question Asked

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of Statutory Paternity in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The number of people in receipt of Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (OSPP) and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) in each of the last five years can be found in the following table:

Tax Year

Numbers in receipt of OSPP

Numbers in receipt of ASPP

2013-14

205,700

2,100

2014-15

211,200

2,800

2015-16

214,500

Not held

2016-17

218,600

Notes:

  1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 individuals

  2. 2014-15 figures onwards from HMRC Real Time Information

  3. 2013-14 figures estimated from a 10% sample of annual P14 returns to HMRC

  4. ASPP is not available for children born after 5 April 2015

  5. In 2015-16 tax year, those receiving ASPP for children born before 6 April 2015 cannot be distinguished from those claiming Shared Parental Pay within RTI data.

  6. Some individuals could claim both OSPP and ASPP, so would appear in both columns above.

  7. 2017-18 figures not yet complete


Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
24 November 2017

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