The statutory rates of pay for maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption are increasing in April 2017, as is the rate of statutory sick pay. This is the first time these rates will have risen since April 2015. With effect from the beginning of the new tax year in April 2017 the rate for Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay will be increased by £1.40 per week, to £140.98 per week. As is alre