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...