Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 53692

Parental Leave: Broxtowe

Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 29 May 2025

Question

Juliet Campbell

LabourBroxtowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) fathers and (b) partners take (i) paternity leave and (ii) unpaid parental leave in Broxtowe constituency.

Answer

Justin Madders
Through the Employment Rights Bill, the government will make Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave 'day one' rights. This will bring an extra 32,000 fathers and partners into scope of Paternity Leave and an extra 1.5 million parents into scope of Unpa...

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