Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many male staff of his Department have taken shared parental leave; and what the average length of that leave was.

The number of male employees in the Department for International Trade (including those working overseas and UK Export Finance) who have taken Shared Parental Leave since the department was created in July 2016 was 4 people. The average length of the leave taken was 82 days.