Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 10828

Kinship Care

Tabled: 23 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce (a) the right to paid employment leave and (b) legal safeguarding for kinship carers.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Government greatly values kinship carers who care for children who cannot live with their parents. The Government has committed in the Plan to Make Work Pay to review the system of parental leave to ensure that it best supports all working families. W...

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