Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of Statutory Instruments which will be necessary to implement the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill, once it receives Royal Assent, for delivery in 2024.

The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill is currently progressing through Parliament and has not yet received Royal Assent. We are committed to introducing Neonatal Care Leave and Pay as quickly as possible, and work is already underway across Government to deliver these new entitlements.

We anticipate approximately seven statutory instruments will be necessary. These will be laid in due course following Royal Assent, subject to parliamentary time.