{"value":{"id":1815201,"askingMemberId":5174,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-17T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","uin":"904753","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of Maternity Allowance.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4979,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-06-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Secretary of State is required by law to undertake an annual review of benefits and the State Pension, including statutory pay. This is based on a review of trends in prices and earnings growth in the preceding year.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2025 the standard rate of Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance increased by September 2024’s CPI figure of 1.7% from £184.03 to £187.18 per week.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Maternity Allowance","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1815201","method":"GET"}]}