Written questions

Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay

Commons · Question 28827 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Awaiting answer, due 12 Oct 2026

Question

Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his policy to (a) increase the statutory entitlement to paternity leave to at least six weeks and (b) to pay that leave at 90 percent of average weekly earnings.