Question follow-through · 25357
Ministry of Defence: Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his 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.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not offer paternity leave to employees as a day one right. To qualify for paternity leave, MOD Civilian staff must have completed 26 weeks of continuous service, extending into the 15th week before the baby is due. In ad...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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