Written questions

Department of Health and Social Care: Parental Leave

Commons · Question 25197 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether their Department offers its staff shared parental leave from their first working day.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 Jan 2025

Shared parental leave is not offered as standard from the first working day for the Department’s employees. The Civil Service Management Code states that shared parental leave may only be granted in accordance with statutory requirements governing eligibi...