FOI Request 2243

Subject: Firefighters Maternity Pay

Status: Complete

Date received: October 2025

Question Asked:

We are collecting information about maternity pay for competent wholetime women firefighters in your fire and rescue service. Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act.

1. Please send your fire and rescue service maternity policy or other relevant policy document, in place on 1 July 2025.

2. If your maternity pay arrangements have changed between 1 July 2025 and 17 October 2025, please send the revised policy as well as the previous one.

3. Please confirm that the fire and rescue service has implemented the National Joint Council pay agreement 2024, which means that competent women firefighters on maternity leave receive 26 weeks full pay?

4. How many weeks full pay maternity leave did your fire and service pay on 1 July 2025? Please also tell us if this has improved since then and by how much.

Our Response:

Please see our response below to your Freedom of Information Request.

1. Please send your fire and rescue service maternity policy or other relevant policy document, in place on 1 July 2025.

foi_2243_maternity_policy.pdf

2. If your maternity pay arrangements have changed between 1 July 2025 and 17 October 2025, please send the revised policy as well as the previous one.

N/A

3. Please confirm that the fire and rescue service has implemented the National Joint Council pay agreement 2024, which means that competent women firefighters on maternity leave receive 26 weeks full pay?

Pay above

4. How many weeks full pay maternity leave did your fire and service pay on 1 July 2025? Please also tell us if this has improved since then and by how much.

45 weeks pay, plus up to additional 10 KIT days.

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO