Question follow-through · 7898
Cabinet Office: Paternity Leave
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
Our records show that between 2021 and October 2024, 258 Cabinet Office employees have taken paternity leave for the birth or adoption of a child. The average working days taken (AWDT) is shown in the table below. YearAWDT202152022620235.72024 (Jan to O...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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