Written questions

Home Office: Parental Leave

Commons · Question 25199 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

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

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 29 Jan 2025

The Home Office applies the statutory eligibility criteria for shared parental leave. Some employees may qualify for statutory shared parental leave from their first day of service with the Home Office because they already have service with another Govern...