Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81987
Pregnancy: Redundancy
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Zarah Sultana
Your Party — Coventry South
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending redundancy protection to 18 months for employees experiencing pregnancy loss at any stage of pregnancy.
Answer
Kate DeardenIf an employee experiences pregnancy loss within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, the redundancy protected period ends two weeks from the end of the pregnancy. After a stillbirth from 24 weeks, the protected period ends 18 months from the date of birth.Th...
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