Question follow-through · 12607
Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review support for parents who will not be entitled to Neonatal Care Leave and Pay because they (a) are self-employed and (b) have another ineligible employment status.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review support for parents who will not be entitled to Neonatal Care Leave and Pay because they (a) are self-employed and (b) have another ineligible employment status.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government recognises the challenges and worry facing parents whose babies are admitted to neonatal care; we will set out more information on our plans in this area shortly.The Government is committed to reviewing the parental leave system so that it ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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