Question follow-through · 15887
Department for Business and Trade: Bereavement Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether staff in his Department are entitled to bereavement leave.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether staff in his Department are entitled to bereavement leave.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade allows employees to take up to five days Special Leave with pay in the event of a death of a dependant, close relative or other person in a close relationship.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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