Question follow-through · 66849
Educational Institutions and Employment: Breastfeeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) paid flexible breastfeeding breaks and (b) suitable facilities to (i) breastfeed, (ii) express and (iii) store mi
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) paid flexible breastfeeding breaks and (b) suitable facilities to (i) breastfeed, (ii) express and (iii) store mi
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government provides advice to employers on requirements and best practice arrangements on breastfeeding. Under health and safety law an employer must provide a suitable area where pregnant workers and breastfeeding mothers can rest, with additional ad...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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