Written Question·Home Office·UIN 24002
Police: Paternity Leave
Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Question
Mr Connor Rand
Labour — Altrincham and Sale West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the sam
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Home Office does not collect data on the number of police officers eligible for paternity leave or the length of time they were on paternity leave.