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Written Question
Parental Leave: Kinship Care
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Independent - Gorton and Denton)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether kinship carers will be included within the scope of the parental leave review.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

I recognise the vital role that Kinship Carers play in caring for vulnerable children, and the need to support Kinship Carers in the workplace.

As part of our broader commitment to working families, we are conducting a comprehensive review of the parental leave system. Planning work is underway.

The Employment Rights Bill is also making Parental Leave a day one right. This will help kinship carers who have parental responsibility, for example, through a legal guardianship order.