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Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of uptake of Shared Parental Leave and (b) how this will inform future policies to support fathers in taking early parental leave.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
11 Feb 2025
Answer
11 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of uptake of Shared Parental Leave and (b) how this will inform future policies to support fathers in taking early parental leave.

  2. 11 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that in 2023/24 (the latest year for which full year data is available), 17,200 individuals were in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay.The government is committed to supporting working families. The Em...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Parental Leave: Reviews

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