Question follow-through · 25202
Ministry of Justice: Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her 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 Justice does not offer employees shared parental leave from their first day of employment.The Department’s shared parental leave policy aligns with the statutory provisions. To be eligible for leave, employees must meet the continuity of e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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