Question follow-through · 25347
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2025
Answer published
DCMS offers paternity leave in line with legislation: to access statutory paternity leave and pay, an employee must have worked for their employer for at least 26 weeks up to the 15th week before their baby is due. However, some staff could qualify for st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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