Written questions

Wales Office: Parental Leave

Commons · Question 25206 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Wales Office · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

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

Answer

Answered by Jo Stevens, 27 Jan 2025

My Department is not an employer in its own right and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides the Wales Office with employment services and HR policies, such as Shared Parental Leave. The Civil Service Management Code states that, ‘Departments and agencies...