Question follow-through · 24282
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for (A) training and (B) settling a ne
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for (A) training and (B) settling a ne
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2025
Answer published
Employees have a statutory right to request flexible working which applies from the first day of employment. Employees can make two statutory requests for flexible working in any 12-month period. This will include requests to support employees who underta...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers in the north of England reliant on cross-border stock movements following the extension of the bluetongue virus restricted zone.