Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 33195

Scotland Office: Kinship Care

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Chris Bloore

LabourRedditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

Answer

Ian Murray
The Scotland Office does not employ any staff directly. All staff that join, do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government departments, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employers. They rema...

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