Question follow-through · 33182
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department does not offer paid time off work specifically for kinship care. However, the Department does offer unpaid carer’s leave and both paid and unpaid special leave for employees who have caring responsibilities for dependants, either family or ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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