Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 64239
Paternity Leave
Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Question
Ian Roome
Liberal Democrat — North Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of statutory paternity leave.
Answer
Justin MaddersThe Government is committed to making life better for families. Through the Employment Rights Bill we are making Paternity Leave a ‘day one’ right, which will bring an extra 32,000 fathers and partners into scope of the entitlement. On the first of July w...
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