Question follow-through · 25200
Ministry of Defence: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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 their Department offers its staff shared parental leave 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 Shared Parental Leave (SPL) to employees as a day one right. To be eligible for SPL, a MOD Civilian employee (or their partner) must be entitled to Maternity/Adoption Leave or Pay (or Maternity Allowance), and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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USA: Trade Agreements
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Defence: Finance
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the 50% steel tariff the Secretary of State for Business and Trade is implementing on July 1st 2026 on the cost of the Defence Investment Plan.