Written questions

Parental Leave

Commons · Question 13608 · Tabled 11 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Connor Rand

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people used shared parental leave in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 18 Nov 2024

Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that in 2023/24 (the latest year for which full year data is available), 17,200 individuals were in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay. Data for earlier years was published as part of the Shared Parent...