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Adoption: Leave

Asked by Claire HazelgroveLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 59624

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of equalising paid time off entitlements for both adopters.

Answered by Justin Madders

In the Plan to Make Work Pay the government committed to a Review of the parental leave system. The Review will provide us with an opportunity to consider the current framework of parental leave entitlements and how they should operate as a holistic system to improve the support available for working families. Planning work is already underway and I can confirm the review will look at Adoption Leave and Pay and Paternity Leave and Pay.

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