United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 25348
Department for Education: Paternity Leave
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21 January 2025
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31 January 2025 · Answer
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Education
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31 January 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.
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21 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department offers paternity leave to its staff from their first working day.
Source: Commons
31 January 2025
Answer
Employees must have at least 26 continuous weeks employment in the Civil Service up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’ to be eligible for paternity leave. The ‘qualifying week’ is the fifteenth week before the baby is due.As with any changes to employmen...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-21/25348
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1757258
- uk · wq-1757258 · source updated 31 January 2025