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

LabourDunfermline 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 Smyth
The 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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