Written Question·Home Office·UIN 33190

Home Office: Kinship Care

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Chris Bloore

LabourRedditch

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Home Office employees who are carers have a statutory right to take up to a week’s unpaid leave in any rolling 12-month period to provide or arrange care for a dependant with a long-term care need. The statutory entitlement is for unpaid leave, but manage...

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