UK statutory maternity pay expenditure 2023

The government of the United Kingdom spent approximately 2.7 billion British pounds on statutory maternity pay in the financial year 2022/23, compared with 2.86 billion in the previous year.

Government expenditure on statutory maternity pay in the United Kingdom from 1987/88 to 2022/23 (in million GBP)

Characteristic	Expenditure in million GBP (in real terms)
2022/23	2,697
2021/22	2,856
2020/21	2,674
2019/20	2,872
2018/19	2,822
2017/18	2,753
2016/17	2,782
2015/16	2,912
2014/15	2,822
2013/14	2,822
2012/13	2,892
2011/12	2,877
2010/11	2,848
2009/10	2,748
2008/09	2,679
2007/08	2,312
2006/07	1,914
2005/06	1,777
2004/05	1,992
2003/04	1,645
2002/03	1,178
2001/02	1,059
2000/01	1,101
1999/00	1,093
1998/99	964
1997/98	890
1996/97	605
1995/96	969
1994/95	919
1993/94	809
1992/93	869
1991/92	842
1990/91	688
1989/90	680
1988/89	643
1987/88	532

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1987 to 2023

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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