Question follow-through · 69226
Parental Leave: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the parental leave review on the gender pay gap.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the parental leave review on the gender pay gap.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2025
Answer published
On 1 July, the Government launched the Parental Leave Review, fulfilling its manifesto commitment.As set out in the terms of reference, the review is scheduled finish roughly 18 months after launch which will be around January 2027.The Department has not ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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