Question follow-through · 82865
Local Government: Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on (a) which local authorities provide their staff with (i) statutory paternity leave and pay and (i) enhanced paternity leave and pay and (b) levels of take up of
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on (a) which local authorities provide their staff with (i) statutory paternity leave and pay and (i) enhanced paternity leave and pay and (b) levels of take up of
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2025
Answer published
All employers, including local authorities, are legally required to provide eligible employees with Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay, if they meet the eligibility criteria. The department does not hold data on which local authorities offer enhanced Pater...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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