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Department of Health and Social Care and NHS: Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England was in each of the last three years; and what information his Department holds on the average lev

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
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

  1. 8 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England was in each of the last three years; and what information his Department holds on the average lev

  2. 10 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The average length of paternity leave at the Department over the last three years is 10 days. The following table shows average length of paternity leave at the Department broken down by year:PeriodAverage working days by yearOctober 2021 September 202210...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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