FOI release

Freedom of Information request on firefighters’ maternity pay

Case reference FOI2025/01149

Received 17 October 2025

Published 12 November 2025

Request

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. Q1. Please send your fire and rescue service maternity policy or other relevant policy document, in place on 1 July 2025. Q2. 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. Q3. Please confirm that the fire and rescue service has implemented the National Joint Council pay agreement 2024, which means that competent wholetime women firefighters on maternity leave receive 26 weeks full pay? Q4. How many weeks full pay maternity leave did your fire and rescue service pay on 1 July 2025? Please also tell us if this has improved since then and by how much. Please acknowledge receipt of the request, so we know that it has been received by the right person responsible.

Response

Please see the response in the link below.

Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2025_01149 RESPONSE.pdf (76.4 KB)

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