Question follow-through · 7916
Wales Office: Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in her 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
- Wales Office
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The average length of paternity leave taken by staff in my Department in the last three years was 14 days in 2021-22, 0 days in 2022-23, and 14 days in 2023-24.In the current 2024-25 year, 14 days have been taken.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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