Oral Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
“What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for self-employed people working in the digital, culture, media and sport sectors during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 23 March 2020Answered: 26 March 2020
Asked by
Jeff Smith
Labour — Manchester Withington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Justin Madders)
The parental rights survey 2019 found that 89% of employee mothers took maternity leave and 70% of employee fathers took paternity leave, but take-up of shared parental leave is much lower. In fact, it is disappointingly low, which is why we are committed to a review of the parental leave system. Work is under way to deliver on that, and I will provide an update in due course.