Bereavement Leave

About this written question

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Answering body

Department for Business and Trade

Tabled

17 Dec 2025

Target answer date

5 Jan 2026

Answer

5 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 17 Dec 2025

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making statutory bereavement leave paid.

2. 5 Jan 2026

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 5 Jan 2026

   Answer published

   The loss of a loved one is one of the hardest things a person can experience. This is why we have introduced a new right to bereavement leave in the Employment Rights Act which will be available to those grieving the loss of a loved one, including pregnan...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.