Written questions

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Parental Leave

Commons · Question 25193 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 27 Mar 2025

No. The Civil Service Management Code sets out that, ‘Departments and agencies may only grant shared parental leave in accordance with the statutory requirements governing eligibility for this category of leave.’ However, some staff could qualify for stat...