Bereavement Leave

(asked on 12th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have been eligible for (a) parental bereavement leave and (b) statutory parental bereavement pay since April 2020.


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Paul Scully
This question was answered on 17th November 2020

The Government recognises that the death of a child is particularly tragic, and this is why the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy introduced Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay in April this year.

The Government estimates that this entitlement will help to support over 10,000 parents of these children a year.

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