Question follow-through · 33181

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    We do not have a policy which explicitly covers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers. Employees are able to take time off work to deal with an emergency involving a dependant or are able to request other leav...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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