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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 234862, tabled on 20 March 2019

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour
Slough
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement shared parental pay and paternity pay as a right for all employees from their first day of employment.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Kelly Tolhurst
Conservative
Rochester and Strood
Commons

Answered on

26 March 2019

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently evaluating the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme and, subject to the data collection process, we expect to report on this later this year.

The evaluation will look at the take up of Shared Parental Leave and Pay by fathers and partners, barriers to take-up, and how the scheme is being used in practice.

As a part of the data collection process, we will, amongst other things, gather information on the take up of Paternity Leave and Pay by fathers and partners.

The evaluation will improve the evidence base and inform future policy development in these areas.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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