Statutory Maternity Pay: spending and claimants by year
Spending on Statutory Maternity Pay each financial year, in cash terms, from DWP's benefit expenditure tables, with the number of people receiving it where DWP gives a caseload.
£3.1 billion
261 thousand
DWP's benefit expenditure tables record spending on Statutory Maternity Pay of £3.1 billion in 2024/25, in cash terms. The first year with spending in the tables is 1987/88 (£193 million). DWP's caseload for 2024/25 is 261 thousand; the highest in the table is 275 thousand in 2012/13.
Spending and caseload by year
| Year | Spending (cash) | Change on previous year | Caseload (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | £3.1 billion | +8.7% | 261 |
| 2023/24 | £2.9 billion | +8.3% | 255 |
| 2022/23 | £2.7 billion | +2.2% | 251 |
| 2021/22 | £2.6 billion | +4.7% | 256 |
| 2020/21 | £2.5 billion | -1.0% | 251 |
| 2019/20 | £2.5 billion | +4.4% | 263 |
| 2018/19 | £2.4 billion | +4.3% | 270 |
| 2017/18 | £2.3 billion | +0.6% | 271 |
| 2016/17 | £2.3 billion | -2.5% | 270 |
| 2015/16 | £2.4 billion | +4.0% | 264 |
| 2014/15 | £2.3 billion | +1.1% | 264 |
| 2013/14 | £2.2 billion | -0.4% | 271 |
| 2012/13 | £2.2 billion | +2.3% | 275 |
| 2011/12 | £2.2 billion | +2.8% | 266 |
| 2010/11 | £2.1 billion | +5.3% | 269 |
| 2009/10 | £2.0 billion | +3.9% | 250 |
| 2008/09 | £1.9 billion | +20.1% | 245 |
| 2007/08 | £1.6 billion | +23.6% | 193 |
| 2006/07 | £1.3 billion | +10.9% | 154 |
| 2005/06 | £1.2 billion | -8.3% | 154 |
| 2004/05 | £1.3 billion | +24.8% | 137 |
| 2003/04 | £1.0 billion | +43.0% | 104 |
| 2002/03 | £724 million | +13.8% | 86 |
| 2001/02 | £636 million | -1.9% | 82 |
| 2000/01 | £648 million | +2.0% | 80 |
| 1999/00 | £635 million | +14.8% | |
| 1998/99 | £553 million | +10.2% | |
| 1997/98 | £502 million | +47.3% | |
| 1996/97 | £341 million | -35.0% | |
| 1995/96 | £524 million | +9.2% | |
| 1994/95 | £480 million | +15.4% | |
| 1993/94 | £416 million | -4.1% | |
| 1992/93 | £434 million | +6.4% | |
| 1991/92 | £408 million | +29.9% | |
| 1990/91 | £314 million | +9.8% | |
| 1989/90 | £286 million | +14.4% | |
| 1988/89 | £250 million | +29.5% | |
| 1987/88 | £193 million |
Source: DWP expenditure tables, Tables 1a and 1c. About these figures · CSV
Rates and related figures
Sources and receipts
- Benefit expenditure and caseload tables: outturn and forecast, Spring Forecast 2026, Department for Work and Pensions.
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