Question follow-through · 24002
Police: Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the sam
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the sam
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police officers eligible for paternity leave or the length of time they were on paternity leave.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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