Question follow-through · 7903
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2024
Answer published
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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