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Mr. Maclean
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made for (a) small and medium enterprises and (b) larger companies of the average cost resulting from an employee taking maternity leave. [76674]
Mr. Byers
[holding answer 16 March 1999]: The cost to an employer from an employee taking maternity leave will depend on many factors, most significantly, how many weeks of maternity leave are taken and what the employee's length of service is.