Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 64239

Paternity Leave

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth 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 Madders
The 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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