Fire and rescue service maternity policy

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 wholetime women firefighters on maternity leave receive 26 weeks full pay?

4. 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.

1. See link to the policy https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/employment-policies/family-leavepolicy

2. No change

3. The NJC pay agreement has been implemented so wholetime female firefighters receive 26 weeks full pay if they qualify for this

4. As above