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Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN 168048, tabled on 17 March 2023

Question

Angela Rayner
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people took up unpaid parental leave between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative
Thirsk and Malton
Commons

Answered on

30 March 2023

The Department does not hold data on the number of people who have taken unpaid parental leave between January and December 2022. Findings from the Fourth Work-Life Balance Employee Survey (2012) indicate that 11% of employee parents with children aged under 6 took parental leave in the previous 12 months, available here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-life-balance-survey-number-4

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