Written Question·Home Office·UIN 7910

Home Office: Paternity Leave

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in her Department was in each of the last three years; and whether she holds similar data for police forces in England and Wales.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office policy is named 'maternity and adoption support leave' in recognition of the fact that the secondary parent or, in the case of adoption, the secondary adopter, is not necessarily a man. The average length of maternity and adoption support ...

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