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Local Government: Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay

Asked by Graeme DownieLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 24 October 2025UIN 82865

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on (a) which local authorities provide their staff with (i) statutory paternity leave and pay and (i) enhanced paternity leave and pay and (b) levels of take up of these across local government.

Answered by Kate Dearden

All employers, including local authorities, are legally required to provide eligible employees with Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay, if they meet the eligibility criteria. The department does not hold data on which local authorities offer enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay or the take up of these across local government.

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