Question follow-through · 25199

Home Office: Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
23 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.

  2. 23 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office applies the statutory eligibility criteria for shared parental leave. Some employees may qualify for statutory shared parental leave from their first day of service with the Home Office because they already have service with another Govern...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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