Cabinet Office: Paternity Leave
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
Answered by Georgia Gould
Our records show that between 2021 and October 2024, 258 Cabinet Office employees have taken paternity leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
The average working days taken (AWDT) is shown in the table below.
Year | AWDT |
2021 | 5 |
2022 | 6 |
2023 | 5.7 |
2024 (Jan to Oct) | 6 |
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