Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 97417

Conditions of Employment: Parents

Tabled: 4 December 2025

Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Patrick Spencer

Independent — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he will launch a consultation into giving employment protection and financial assistance to the parents of critically or terminally ill children.

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Department for Business and Trade recognises the heartbreaking situation faced by parents of seriously ill children. We will consult on a leave and pay entitlement for parents in this situation in 2026. Further detail is included in the terms of refer...

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