Question follow-through · 7906

Department for Work and Pensions: Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in her Department was in each of the last three years.

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 8 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 10 Oct 2024
Answer: 17 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in her 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
This data has been taken from a live system. Staff have 52 weeks to take paternity leave following the birth of the child, so figures for 2024 may rise. The average working days taken (AWDT) is shown in the table below: YearAWDT2021620229202372024 (1-Jan ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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