Question follow-through · 70384
Parents: Bereavement Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing parental bereavement leave from two weeks to four weeks.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing parental bereavement leave from two weeks to four weeks.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2025
Answer published
The entitlement to Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay represents a floor, not a ceiling, and the Government strongly encourages employers to go beyond the statutory minimum wherever they are able to. The Government is also committed to taking a holistic l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Steel Council
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the UK Steel Council will next meet.
Steel Council
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the UK Steel Council includes representatives from the steel industry supply chain.
British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme: Metals
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department had made of the potential merits of including the metals recycling industry on the list of eligible sectors for the forthcoming British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.