Question follow-through · 92711
Parental Leave
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of claims and (b) value of payments made for statutory paternity leave and shared parental leave each year by economic sector and industry.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of claims and (b) value of payments made for statutory paternity leave and shared parental leave each year by economic sector and industry.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
HMRC does not collect data on statutory paternity leave or shared parental leave. HMRC does collect data on statutory paternity pay and shared parental pay which may closely approximate leave in both cases. HMRC also holds data on economic sector, but to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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