Written questions

Police: Paternity Leave

Commons · Question 24002 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Connor Rand

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers (a) were eligible for and (b) took statutory paternity leave in each of the last five years; and what the average number of weeks taken were for the sam

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 22 Jan 2025

The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police officers eligible for paternity leave or the length of time they were on paternity leave.