Question follow-through · 120871
Kinship Care: Parental Leave and Parental Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parental Leave and Pay review is considering an implementation of the statutory right to paid leave for kinship carers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Maternity Leave: Diseases · 20 Apr 2026
- Public Bodies: Living Wage · 8 Jun 2026
- Kinship Care: Leave · 8 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parental Leave and Pay review is considering an implementation of the statutory right to paid leave for kinship carers.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review will conclude in early 2027 with a set of findings which outline next steps for implementing any reforms.In addition to considering all current and upcoming parental leave and pay entitlements, the Review is ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Post Offices: Urban Areas
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to support local post offices in the High Streets Strategy.
Maternity Leave: Diseases
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Parental Leave and Pay review is considering the ability for individuals with severe illness, such as cancer, to postpone maternity leave.
Public Bodies: Living Wage
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the proposals by the Living Wage Foundation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of all publicly funded institutions paying staff the real living wage as calcula
Kinship Care: Leave
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing statutory paid leave for kinship carers on levels of recruitment and staff retention.