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Adoption: Pay

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Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN 168046, tabled on 17 March 2023

Question

Angela Rayner
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people received statutory adoption pay between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
Thirsk and Malton
Commons

Answered on

30 March 2023

Information provided by employers to HM Revenue and Customs show that there were 4,600 individuals in receipt of Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) in 2021/22 (the latest year for which full year data is available).

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Department for Business and Trade
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