Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 25197

Department of Health and Social Care: Parental Leave

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin

ConservativeWest Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Shared parental leave is not offered as standard from the first working day for the Department’s employees. The Civil Service Management Code states that shared parental leave may only be granted in accordance with statutory requirements governing eligibi...

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