questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to provide the same level of support to self-employed parents taking maternity leave as to self-employed people taking leave for adoption.
answerText: Self-employed pregnant women who have paid the required Class 2 National Insurance contributions are entitled to Maternity Allowance.As a general rule, maternity pay is primarily a health and safety provision relating specifically to pregnancy, childbirth...
heading: Maternity Leave: Self-employed