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Parental Pay

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 44642, tabled on 2 September 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce a paternal allowance for people who do not qualify for statutory paternity pay; and if he will make a statement.

Answered on

9 September 2016

The Government is taking a range of steps to improve provision for working parents . The eligibility rules for statutory paternity entitlements balance the needs of parents and the cost both to employers and to the taxpayer.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy