Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82867
Parental Leave and Parental Pay
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025
Question
Graeme Downie
Labour — Dunfermline and Dollar
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on (a) which NHS trusts provide staff with statutory paternity leave and pay, (b) which NHS trusts provide staff with enhanced paternity leave and pay and (c) levels
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department does not hold data on the uptake of these arrangements by National Health Service trusts in England.Employing organisations are legally bound to provide two weeks of statutory paternity leave and pay where individuals meet the required elig...
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