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Paternity Leave

Asked by Abtisam MohamedLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 November 2024UIN 15575

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of statutory paternity leave on new families.

Answered by Justin Madders

As committed to in the Plan to Make Work Pay, the Government will review the system of parental leave, including Paternity Leave, to ensure that it best supports working families. We are in the early planning stage for this Review and are actively considering its parameters.

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