Written Question·Home Office·UIN 25356

Home Office: Paternity Leave

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Yes, subject to certain eligibility criteria, including having at least 26 weeks’ continuous service ending with the ‘qualifying week’ as set out in the legislation; and continuing to work in the department from the qualifying week until the date the baby...

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